Board of AdjustmentAug. 9, 2021

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Tracy Claros 1313 West 9th ½ Street Austin, TX, 78703 08/09/2021 Case Number – C15-2021-0081 1308 West 9 ½ Street. Board of Adjustment Hearing 08/09/2021 – To whom it may concern, I would like to register an objection to the property – 1308 West 9 ½ Street being granted a variance to increase the Floor Area Ratio and build an addition to this property. My property is directly across the street from the house in question and I have concerns about an addition to this property which is proposed to be built onto the flat roof. Our street is a very small dead end street with houses of traditional Clarksville size and style. This property is already out of character, all be it an attractive property currently. This street and area has been blighted by several out of proportion sized properties that are not within city guidelines and are detrimental to the area and to the current residents. The house has used the maximum allowable area per city guidelines and at this time is in proportion and scale to the lot. Any increase would negate this and cause it to be outside permitted scale and mass and out of scale to the surrounding properties. I understand that a “hardship” needs to exist to get a variance from the city code. I am not aware of an existing hardship. The property has adequate area and it is unfortunate the area was used for air conditioned garage and pool guest house. I would appreciate if we could stay within the city guidelines and deny the variance for this property. Sincerely Tracy Claros 1313 West 9th ½ Street Tel: 512 484 9787