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CITY OF AUSTIN Board of Adjustment Decision Sheet E-6 DATE: Monday February 14, 2022 CASE NUMBER: C15-2022-0013 ___Y____Thomas Ates ___Y____Brooke Bailey ___Y____Jessica Cohen ___Y____Melissa Hawthorne ___Y____Barbara Mcarthur ___-____Rahm McDaniel OUT ___Y____Darryl Pruett ___Y____Agustina Rodriguez ___Y____Richard Smith ___Y____Michael Von Ohlen ___-____Nicholl Wade OUT ___Y____Kelly Blume (Alternate) ___Y____Carrie Waller (Alternate) ___-____Marcel Gutierrez-Garza (Alternate) APPLICANT: Janis Smith PE OWNER: Dana & Lenn Sellers ADDRESS: 3300 BLUE JAY LN Bldg BD (A) (1) to increase the dock length from the shoreline of 30 feet (allowed) to VARIANCE REQUESTED: The applicant is requesting a variance(s) from the Land Development Code, Section 25-2-1176 (Site Development Regulations for Docks, Marinas, and Other Lakefront Uses) from: a) 53.1 feet (requested) b) (allowed) to 16.4 feet (requested) in order to erect a boat dock in an “LA” Lake Austin Residence zoning district. (A) (4) (b) to increase the dock width parallel to the shoreline from 14 feet BOARD’S DECISION: The public hearing was closed by Madam Chair Jessica Cohen, Board Member Darryl Pruett motions to approve; Board Member Michael Von Ohlen seconds on a 11-0 vote; GRANTED. FINDING: 1. The Zoning regulations applicable to the property do not allow for a reasonable use because: the location is about 0.7 downstream of Mansfield Dam and the lakebed is rock, it’s swept clean of sediment by the force of the periodic releases from the dam, its not possible to dredge rock, the water depth is about 1.8 ‘ at lake-full conditions, that depth isn’t navigable for a ski boat and can’t be made navigable through dredging, the reconstructed dock is the same dock structure that was permitted in 2002. 2. (a) The hardship for which the variance is requested is unique to the property in that: the property has shallow water and a lakebed impossible to dredge, the reconstructed dock is the same dock structure that was permitted in 2002. (b) The hardship is not general to the area in which the property is located because: the vast majority of dock sites on the lake can be rendered navigable by following current code restrictions. 3. The variance will not alter the character of the area adjacent to the property, will not impair the use of adjacent conforming property, and will not impair the purpose of the regulations of the zoning district in which the property is located because: this dock replaces a prior floating dock with the same extension into the lake and dock width. ______________________________ ____________________________ Elaine Ramirez Executive Liaison Jessica Cohen Chair for