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SUMMARY: The applicant, Bob Redwine, is requesting approval of a variance from the 10 ft. side yard interior setback in the Residential Estate (RE) zone district to allow a 6.1-ft. side yard setback for a building addition. BACKGROUND: The subject property is located in the Scenic Heights Subdivision, which was approved by City Council in 1959 and consists of single-family homes (Attachment 2). The existing house was developed in 1971 and is subject to the RE zone district standards. There are no applicable Planned Unit Development (PUD) standards, as the property was developed prior to the City's requirement for the establishment of PUDs. Below is a summary of the yard and bulk standards for principal structures in the RE zone district. Minimum Lot Area: Minimum Lot Width: Maximum Lot Coverage: Front Setback: Side Setback (Street Side): Side Setback ( Interior): Rear Setback: Maximum Height: 12, 000 sq. ft. 100 ft. 25% or 2,700 sq. ft., whichever is greater. 30 ft. 30 ft. 10 ft. 25 ft. 35 ft. The Scenic Heights Subdivision was zoned R1 at the time of its establishment. This zone district allowed for a 14-ft. aggregate side yard setback, with a minimum of 5 ft. on any one side. A city-wide rezoning and update to yard and bulk standards occurred in 1976 with Ordinance 1975-485. As part of the rezoning, the R1 zone district was removed and the Scenic Heights neighborhood was placed in the Residential Low Density (RL) zone, which required a minimum side yard setback of 7 feet. The change in zoning and subsequent change in bulk standards in the Scenic Heights neighborhood were made evident by three variance requests to reduce the minimum side yard setback from 7 ft. to 5 ft. between 1975-1979, which were all approved by the Board of Adjustment (BOA) (Attachment 3). Between June 1992 and December 1993, the neighborhood was rezoned from RL to RE as shown in Figure 1. The zoning change resulted in several nonconformities on the property, including a nonconforming minimum lot size, lot width, and front yard setback. These nonconformities are present throughout the subdivision and were the subject of two additional variance requests to reduce side yard setbacks in the Scenic Heights neighborhood, both of which were approved by the BOA between 2017-2020 (Attachment 4). 512 Sunset Drive Page 2 of 8 BOA — August 20, 2025