D-2 C15-2022-0056 ADV PACKET JULY 11, 2022 — original pdf

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BOA GENERAL REVIEW COVERSHEET CASE: C15-2022-0056 BOA DATE: July 11th, 2022 ADDRESS: 1305 Singleton Ave OWNER: Hal Wuertz COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 AGENT: Daniel Fields ZONING: SF-3-NP (Chestnut) LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 9 BLK 18 OLT 32&33 DIV B GLENWOOD ADDN VARIANCE REQUEST: a) decrease the minimum rear yard setback from 10 feet to 5 feet b) Two-Family Residential use location at least 10 feet to the rear or side of the principal structure (required) to a Two-Family use location at to the front of the principal structure (requested) SUMMARY: change use of primary structure to a two-family residential and erect a primary single residence to the rear ISSUES: preserve the existing 728 sq. ft. house ZONING LAND USES Site North South East West SF-3-NP SF-3-NP SF-3-NP SF-3-NP SF-3-NP Single-Family Single-Family Single-Family Single-Family Single-Family NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS: Austin Independent School District Austin Lost and Found Pets Austin Neighborhoods Council Chestnut Addition Neighborhood Assn. (C.A.N.A.) Chestnut Neighborhood Plan Contact Team Chestnut Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation (CNRC) Del Valle Community Coalition East Austin Conservancy Friends of Austin Neighborhoods Homeless Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Empowerment Foundation Neighbors United for Progress Preservation Austin SELTexas Sierra Club, Austin Regional Group D-2/1Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application - - - For Office Use Only Case # __________________ ROW # ___________________ Tax # ____________________ Section 1: Applicant Statement Street Address: __________________________________________________________________ 1305 Singleton, Austin TX 78702 ____________________________________________________________________________ LOT 9 BLK 18 OLT 32&33 DIV B GLENWOOD ADDN ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________ 9 _____________________________ 18 _________________________________ 32&33 _____________________________ B ___________________________________________________________________ SF-3-NP ________________________________________________ DANIEL FIELDS ________________________________________________ HALLEY WUERTZ & DANIEL FIELDS May 26 2022 ______________________________________________________________ ____________ | Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application | Page 4 of 8 D-2/2____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 25-2-492 “MINIMUM SETBACK: REAR YARD: SF3: 10” Section 2: Variance Findings ____________________________________________________________________________ (1) A NEW HOUSE AND ADU WOULD REQUIRE THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING 1953 ____________________________________________________________________________ COTTAGE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE EROSION OF SCALE AND CHARACTER THAT IS ____________________________________________________________________________ REPRESENTATIVE OF SMALL MID AND EARLY 1900s COTTAGES OF THE CHESTNUT ____________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD. (2) A SECONDARY UNIT (PERMITTED ONLY ON THE SIDE OR REAR OF PRIMARY UNIT) ONLY ALLOWS .15FAR (IN THIS CASE 900 SF), THUS LIMITING THE ____________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING ____________________________________________________________________________ COTTAGE AT STREET-FRONT ____________________________________________________________________________ a) b) ____________________________________________________________________________ THE PROPERTY INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL HOUSE, REFINISHED 2012, THAT TYPIFIES ____________________________________________________________________________ THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, AND IS WORTH PRESERVING PER THE CHESTNUT ____________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. SIMILARLY SIZED NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES ARE ____________________________________________________________________________ ALLOWED 2,400 SF AND 2 UNITS. PRESERVING THE 728 SF HOUSE, PREVENTS THE ____________________________________________________________________________ OWNERS FROM EQUITABLE LAND USE AS ENJOYED BY NEIGHBORS. ____________________________________________________________________________ REMAINING HISTORIC HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE DWINDLING, AND FEW ____________________________________________________________________________ OLDER HOMES ARE WELL MAINTAINED ENOUGH TO SAVE. FURTHERMORE, MOST ____________________________________________________________________________ OLDER HOMES ON THE STREET ARE OVER 900 SQFT AND SO ALREADY HAVE A ____________________________________________________________________________ FRONT-OF-PROPERTY PRIMARY STRUCTURE. THEREFORE, MOST OWNERS ARE NOT BURDENED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT. ____________________________________________________________________________ | Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application | Page 5 of 8 D-2/3THIS VARIANCE TO MAINTAIN A SMALLER FOOTPRINT/PRESERVE COTTAGE AT STREET ____________________________________________________________________________ FRONT AND ALLOW FOR PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AT THE REAR, CONTRIBUTES TO ____________________________________________________________________________ MAINTAINING WHAT IS LEFT OF THE THE OLD-STYLE CHARACTER OF THE ____________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD IN DESIGN AND SCALE WHILE MATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT ____________________________________________________________________________ TRENDS PRECEDING THIS MOST RECENT UPTICK OF DEMOLISH & REPLACE. A TWO- ____________________________________________________________________________ STORY STRUCTURE IS COMMON ALONG THE ALLEY IN TWO FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ____________________________________________________________________________ AND THEREFORE MASSING IS NOT TIED TO FRONT/BACK LDC SF RULES. - - 1. 2. 3. 4. ____________________________________________________________________________ N/A ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ N/A ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ N/A ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ N/A ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ | Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application | Page 6 of 8 D-2/4Section 3: Applicant Certificate ____________________________________________ _____________ 05/26/2022 ___________________________________________________ Daniel Fields __________________________________________________________ 2614 Francisco St. ________________________________________ Austin ________________ TX _______ 78702 ____________________________________________________ (512) 826-2865 ____________________ Section 4: Owner Certificate ______________________________________________ _____________ 05/26/2022 ______________________________________________________ Halley Wuertz ____________________________________________________________ 2614 Francisco St. ________________________________________ Austin ________________ TX _______ 78702 ____________________________________________________ (401) 225-7606 ____________________________________________ Section 5: Agent Information ____________________________________________________________________ Daniel Fields ____________________________________________________________ 2614 Francisco St. ________________________________________ Austin ________________ TX _______ 78702 ____________________________________________________ (512) 826-2865 ____________________________________________ Section 6: Additional Space (if applicable) _______________________________________________________________________________ TO DEMOLISH THIS EXISTING HOME IS CONTRARY TO THE CHESTNUT NEIGHBORHOOD _______________________________________________________________________________ PLAN. THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS FROM THE CHESTNUT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN _______________________________________________________________________________ DEMONSTRATE THE NEED TO PRESERVE THIS COTTAGE: _______________________________________________________________________________ | Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application | Page 7 of 8 D-2/5_______________________________________________________________________________ (1) “GOAL 1: REVITALIZE THE HISTORIC, RESIDENTIAL AND PEDEDSTRIAN - FRIENDLY _______________________________________________________________________________ CHARACTER OF CHESTNUT.” THIS VARIANCE REQUEST PRESERVES THE EXISTING _______________________________________________________________________________ COTTAGE TO REPRESENT THE CHARACTER, SCALE AND CULTURE OF THE _______________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (2) “GOAL 3: PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF EXISTING HOUSING AND NEW, INFILL _______________________________________________________________________________ HOUSING COMPATIBLE WITH THE OLD STYLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.” THIS VARIANCE _______________________________________________________________________________ REQUEST ALLOWS THE OWNERS TO FULLY DEVELOP THE LOT WHILE BREATHING NEW _______________________________________________________________________________ LIFE INTO THE EXISTING COTTAGE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE OLD STYLE OF THE _______________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ REFERENCES THAT SUPPORT THIS VARIANCE FROM THE IMAGINE AUSTIN _______________________________________________________________________________ COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (3) AUSTIN IS LIVABLE. "ECONOMICALLY MIXED AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS _______________________________________________________________________________ ALL PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE A RANGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS." THIS _______________________________________________________________________________ VARIANCE REQUEST CREATES DENSITY WITHOUT OVERBURDENING THE _______________________________________________________________________________ NEIGHBORHOOD. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (4) “AUSTIN IS NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE AUSTIN IS A GREEN CITY. WE ARE _______________________________________________________________________________ ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE AND ENSURE THE LONGTERM HEALTH AND QUALITY OF _______________________________________________________________________________ OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE USE AS CITIZENS AT THE LOCAL, _______________________________________________________________________________ REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVEL.” THIS VARIANCE REQUEST PREVENTS THE DEMO OF _______________________________________________________________________________ THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THUS PREVENTING UNNECESSARY LANDFILL WASTE. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ | Board of Adjustment General/Parking Variance Application | Page 8 of 8 D-2/6D-2/7D-2/8D-2/9D-2/10D-2/11D-2/12D-2/13D-2/14D-2/15D-2/16D-2/17D-2/18D-2/19D-2/20This letter serves to express the Chestnut Neighborhood Plan Contact Team’s support for the requested variance at 1305 Singleton Avenue. One of the goals in our adopted Neighborhood Plan is to . The applicant’s proposal to preserve the existing front house, and add new infill housing in the rear, fully aligns with this neighborhood goal. We respectfully request that you approve this variance. City of Austin Board of Adjustment June 10, 2022 Dear Board Members. Sincerely, David Carroll Chestnut Neighborhood Plan Contact Team Chair D-2/21Thu, May 26, 2022 at 7:08 As the owner of 1307 Singleton, I am happy to support your application for a variance that will preserve the existing home at 1305 Singleton. I understand that you are requesting a variance that will allow you to build a new primary residence in the back of the property while leaving the existing smaller home as an ADU on the front of the property. l.com .com> Dear Mr Fields and Ms Wuertz, Sincerely, Brett DeVore 801.717.0022 D-2/22D-2/23The Historic Preservation Office supports Hal Wuertz and Dan Fields’ efforts to preserve the existing historic-age house at 1305 Singleton. Its one-story scale and original detailing are part of the neighborhood’s historic fabric and serves to enhance the historic integrity of the streetscape. We are in favor of the applicants’ proposal to construct a larger dwelling at the rear, rather than demolish the historic-aged home. While it may not qualify as a historic landmark, its preservation is important to reflect the neighborhood’s historic context, and the applicants’ decision to preserve rather than demolish proves a hardship in Austin’s current real estate market. 1305 Singleton Ave Good morning, Best, D-2/24