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From: To: Subject: Date: Ramirez, Elaine RE: C15-2021-0081 Saturday, August 07, 2021 7:06:33 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** August 7, 2021 RE: C15-2021-0081 Dear Board of Adjustment Commissioners, I live in the neighborhood and have property within 500 feet of the proposed addition at 1308 West 9½ Street, Austin, TX, 78703. I am not in support of the request by Maryelaine Sotos and Bill Schurtz to increase the FAR for this property and the maximum square footage from 3,146 to 3,646. I strongly oppose this request, for these reasons: • I see absolutely no hardship in this case. According to the city of Austin building permits, the single-family homes’ total new/addition building square footage is 3,618 sf and the ADU is 312 sf. The lot is 7,877 sf. • This home is fairly new having been built in 2017. It seems that the original owners built close to the maximum FAR. The current owners purchased the house two years ago. The time to research if the FAR would allow for expansion is before buying the property. • The point of FAR is to limit the size of the dwelling in relation to lot size. This lot is bigger than most in our neighborhood. • I believe the proposal would set a bad precedent, by dramatically expanding the existing, generous FAR for this SF3 zoning. • Granting this variance would open the door for other property owners who could use this action as precedent to build additional dense projects throughout this congested neighborhood by simply saying they need another bedroom. This precedent would then have an impact on the whole neighborhood. This could also lead to projects that need to have more impervious cover. The neighborhood and West Austin Park already have significant flooding issues. • One cannot compare the multi-family (MF-4 zoned) properties in the neighborhood to single-family residences. Obviously, any MF-4 structure houses a large number of people and families, so must, by definition, have a higher FAR. Respectfully, D-4/1-LATE BACKUP Mike Banghart CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. D-4/2-LATE BACKUP D-4/3-LATE BACKUP D-4/4-LATE BACKUP From: Bill Schurtz b Subject: Fwd: Your remodeling project Date: July 21, 2021 at 6:21 PM To: Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: bob frederick < Date: July 21, 2021 at 5:19:06 PM CDT To: Bill Schurtz Subject: Your remodeling project I’m in support of your project but am out of town and unable to sign the attached letter. But you can include the letter and this email to show my support. Sent from Bob Frederick D-4/5-LATE BACKUP D-4/6-LATE BACKUP D-4/7-LATE BACKUP D-4/8-LATE BACKUP Dear Board Chair Jessica Cohen, I own the property directly to the west of 1308 west 9th 1/2 Street., and do not oppose the floor- to- area variance request which has been made by Maryelaine Sotos and Bill Schurtz, and which would allow the increase of their 3,156 square feet to 3,646. I believe this request is in keeping with the character of the neighborhood, does not cause adverse impact, will allow the family to stay in their home, and that the resultant FAR would sRll be far less than many of the MF-4 properRes in the neighborhood. RespecSully, Ed Remaley DocuSign Envelope ID: A9945D00-E3B9-42CF-B6F5-339AB6D48508D-4/9-LATE BACKUP From: To: Subject: Date: Ellen Justice Ramirez, Elaine Board of Adjustment C15-2021-0081, 1308 West 9 1/2 Street, Austin, 78703 Sunday, August 08, 2021 8:51:14 PM *** External Email - Exercise Caution *** Dear BOA Commissioners, Please mark us as opposed to the granting of a variance in this case, 1308 West 91/2 Street. There is already a very large house on this lot, in addition to an ADU. We understand that the impervious coverage of this lot will not be increased. However, granting this variance will be a bad precedent for our neighborhood in that it will encourage future builders and current homeowners to construct even larger structures on existing lots, probably covering more of their lots. There is a very bad flooding problem at the West Austin Park, which is just down the hill from this property. There are flooding problems in other parts of our neighborhood also. Additions to existing properties or too-large new constructions will only worsen this situation all over our neighborhood. Thank you for your help. Ellen Justice and Eric Leibrock 802 Winflo Drive Austin 78703 CAUTION: This email was received at the City of Austin, from an EXTERNAL source. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious and/or phishing email, please forward this email to cybersecurity@austintexas.gov. D-4/10-LATE BACKUP