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CITY OF AUSTIN Board of Adjustment Decision Sheet ITEM04 DATE: Monday October 14, 2024 CASE NUMBER: C15-2024-0031 _______Thomas Ates (D1) _______Bianca A Medina-Leal (D2) _______Jessica Cohen (D3) _______Yung-ju Kim (D4) _______Melissa Hawthorne (D5) _______Jeffery Bowen (D6) _______Janel Venzant (D7) _______Margaret Shahrestani (D8) _______Brian Poteet (D9) _______Michael Von Ohlen (D10) _______Marcel Gutierrez-Garza (M) _______VACANT (Alternate) (M) _______Suzanne Valentine (Alternate) (M) _______VACANT (Alternate) (M) APPLICANT: Victoria Haase OWNER: Austin Area School for Dyslexics, Inc. ADDRESS: 2615 ½ HILLVIEW RD VARIANCE REQUESTED: The applicant is requesting a variance(s) from the Land Development Code, Section:  25-2-492 (Site Development Regulations): Height Requirements to increase the height from 35 feet (maximum allowed) to 50 o feet (requested) o (required) to 15 feet (requested) o (required) to 5 feet (requested) o (requested) o percent (requested) Setback Requirements to decrease the minimum front yard setback from 25 feet Setback Requirements to decrease the minimum rear yard setback from 10 feet Building Coverage to increase from 40 percent (maximum allowed) to 60% Impervious Coverage to increase from 45 percent (maximum allowed) to 60 ITEM03/125-2-832 (Private Schools) (1) a site must be located on a street that has a paved width of  at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) from the site to where it connects with another street that has a paved width of at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) in order to erect school buildings and structured sub-grade parking facilities in a “SF-3- NP”, Single-Family-Neighborhood Plan zoning district (West Austin Neighborhood Group). BOARD’S DECISION: POSTPONED TO November 14, 2024, BY APPLICANT FINDING: 1. The Zoning regulations applicable to the property do not allow for a reasonable use because: 2. (a) The hardship for which the variance is requested is unique to the property in that: (b) The hardship is not general to the area in which the property is located because: 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: Elaine Ramirez Executive Liaison Jessica Cohen Madam Chair forITEM03/2October 25, 2024 Board of Adjustment City of Austin Via Electronic Delivery Re: C15-2024-0031 – 2615-1/2 Hillview Road – Rawson Saunders School Dear Chair and Board Members, On behalf of Austin Area School for Dyslexics, also known as Rawson Saunders School, we request a postponement of the public hearing for this case to the December 9th meeting date. Please contact our office should you have questions or need additional information. Thank you for your time and attention to these applications. Kind regards, Victoria Haase www.throwerdesign.com P . O . B O X 4 1 9 5 7 , A U S T I N , T E X A S 7 8 7 0 4 1 5 0 7 I N G L E W O O D S T . , A U S T I N , T E X A S 7 8 7 4 1 ITEM03/3BOA GENERAL REVIEW COVERSHEET CASE: C15-2024-0031 BOA DATE: October 14th, 2024 ADDRESS: 2615 ½ Hillview Rd OWNER: Laura Steinbach COUNCIL DISTRICT: 10 AGENT: Ron Thrower ZONING: SF-3-NP (WANG) LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 BLK A SANCTUARY SUBD THE VARIANCE REQUEST: 25-2-492 (Site Development Regulations): o Height Requirements to increase the height from 35 feet (maximum allowed) to 50 feet (requested) o Setback Requirements to decrease the minimum front yard setback from 25 feet (required) to 15 feet (requested) o Setback Requirements to decrease the minimum rear yard setback from 10 feet (required) to 5 feet (requested) o Building Coverage to increase from 40 percent (maximum allowed) to 60% (requested) Impervious Coverage to increase from 45 percent (maximum allowed) to 60 percent (requested) o 25-2-832 (Private Schools) (1) a site must be located on a street that has a paved width of at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) from the site to where it connects with another street that has a paved width of at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) SUMMARY: erect school buildings and structured sub-grade parking facilities ISSUES: accessibility for the dyslexic students in Austin ZONING Site North South East West SF-3-NP SF-3-NP; PUD SF-3-NP; PUD PUD SF-3-NP LAND USES Private School for dyslexic students Single-Family Single-Family Single-Family Single-Family NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS: Austin Independent School District Austin Neighborhoods Council Central West Austin Neighborhood Plan Contact Team Friends of Austin Neighborhoods Preservation Austin Save Barton Creek Association TNR BCP – Travis County Natural Resources West Austin Neighborhood Group ITEM03/4September 30, 2024 Victoria Haase 2615 1/2 Hillview Rd Austin TX, 78703 Re: C15-2024-0031 Property Description: LOT 2 BLK A SANCTUARY SUBD THE Dear Victoria, Austin Energy (AE) has reviewed your application for the above referenced property, requesting that the Board of Adjustment consider a variance request from LDC Section 25-2- 491, 25-2-492 for front yard, height, rear yard, max. building coverage, max. impervious coverage, and 25-2-832 at 2615 ½ Hillview Road. Austin Energy does not oppose the request, provided that any proposed or existing improvements follow Austin Energy’s Clearance & Safety Criteria, the National Electric Safety Code, and OSHA requirements. Any removal or relocation of existing facilities will be at the owner’s/applicant’s expense. Please use this link to be advised of our clearance and safety requirements which are additional conditions of the above review action: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/utilities_criteria_manual?nodeId=S1AUENDECR_1 .10.0CLSARE If you require further information or have any questions regarding the above comments, please contact our office. Thank you for contacting Austin Energy. Rosemary Avila, Planning Officer Infrastructure Support Services | Austin Energy 4815 Mueller Blvd Austin, TX 78723 (512) 972-8488 Rosemary.avilla@austinenergy.com ITEM03/5ITEM03/6ITEM03/7ITEM03/8ITEM03/9ITEM03/10ITEM03/11Property Profile Legend Property Addresses Jurisdiction FULL PURPOSE Appraisal Districts TCAD Parcels Jurisdictions Fill Jurisdiction FULL PURPOSE Long Range Planning Land Use Inventory Single Family Multi-family Office Civic Open Space Zoning 1 Zoning PUD SF Zoning Text Notes 0 8/5/2024 300 600 ft This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey. This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness. ITEM03/12Property Profile Legend Property Addresses Jurisdiction FULL PURPOSE Appraisal Districts TCAD Parcels Jurisdictions Fill Jurisdiction Zoning 1 Zoning Text FULL PURPOSE Notes 0 8/5/2024 150 300 ft This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey. This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness. ITEM03/13SUBTERRANEANPARKINGEXPANSIONSUBTERRANEANPARKINGBUILDING ABUILDING CSUBTERRANEAN WQ ANDDETENTION PONDS50 FT COMPATABILITY SETBACK50 FT COMPATABILITYSETBACK25 FT COMPATABILITY SETBACK25 FT COMPATABILITY SETBACKFUTURE 15 FT WW EASEMENT5 FT SIDE YARD SETBACK AND ELEC EASEMENTBUILDING BITEM03/14Protected TreesHeritage TreesEasementsITEM03/15ITEM03/163/8" ITEM03/173/8" ITEM03/18Looking east from Hillview at the "back" side of Rawson Saunders SchoolITEM03/19Looking north-east from Hillview Road at the "back" side of Rawson Saunders School & the south-east corner of HillviewGreen Condominiums (PUD).Hillview GreenCondosRawsonSaundersSchoolITEM03/20Rawson SaundersSchoolProperty LineLooking east from Hillview Road at the "back" of Rawson Saunders School & the south-west corner of RS Property, sharedwith Single-Family property to the south.There is high degree of topographic change between the RS School and the property to the south.ITEM03/21Looking north, on Hillview Road at the "back" of Rawson Saunders School. There is high degree of topographic change between the RS School and the property to the south and to the north.Notice the parked cars along the eastern side of the road - adjacent to the RS School.Rawson SaundersSchoolITEM03/22The RS School is at a lower elevation than properties to the north and south.ITEM03/23Single-Familyto SouthRawsonSaundersSchoolITEM03/24View from RS playground – looking west at Hillview Road. ITEM03/25North-east corner of RS School. There is a structural wall dividing theRS property from the Hillview GreenCondo property. This wall is at least 10ft tall.RawsonSaundersSchoolHillviewGreenCondosITEM03/26View looking north-west, at the corner of RS property and Tarry Hollow PUD. Notice the tall, structural wall and vegetation that separates the two adjacent properties. RS property is at a lower elevation than Tarry Hollow, to the north. RawsonSaundersSchoolHillviewGreenCondosRSS is at a lower elevation than Hillview Green CondosITEM03/27View looking north at shared property line with Tarry Hollow PUD. RSS is at a lower elevation than Hillview Green CondosRawsonSaundersSchoolHillviewGreenCondosITEM03/28View looking north at shared property line with Tarry Hollow PUD. RSS is at a lower elevation than Hillview Green CondosITEM03/29View looking north at shared property line with Tarry Hollow PUD. RSS is at a lower elevation than Hillview Green CondosITEM03/30View from RSS at the southern property line. RSS is at a lower elevation than properties to the south.RawsonSaundersSchoolSouthernpropertiesITEM03/31View on McCullough Street. Notice the number of cars parked on the street. RSS is at a lower elevation than McCullough and properties to the south.RawsonSaundersSchoolSouthernpropertiesMcCulloughStreetITEM03/32Properties onMcCulloughTarrytownChristianChurchParking LotRawsonSaundersSchoolITEM03/33View looking south-east, toward McCullough. McCulloughStreetTarrytownChristianChurchParking LotMany RSS Staff park on McCullough and walk down these makeshift steps to the school. RSS would like to buildingstructured parking facilities to meet the needs of the school and to no longer need to park on the street.ITEM03/34TarrytownChristianChurchParking Lot"FRONT" ofRSSSouthNorthITEM03/35Tarrytown Christian Church Parking Lot at 8:45 a.m. – 9/26/24 – shared with Rawson Saunders. TarrytownChristianChurchParking LotSouthNorthITEM03/36Outdoor, shaded sport court is the only facility they have for physical education/activity SouthNorthITEM03/37Where scholars eat because they do not have space for a cafeteria. ITEM03/38Hillview GreenCondosTarrytownChristian ChurchPlaygroundITEM03/39The Carillon is a 4-storybuilding, at the highestpoint of Exposition andHillview. RawsonSaunders School is atthe very bottom of thishill. Buildings of 3-4stories is consistent withthis building, albeit, willnot seem nearly as talldue to the RSS propertybeing at the bottom ofthe hill.HighGradeLowGradeHighGradeITEM03/40ITEM03/41ITEM03/42Organized 1973 OFFICERS Holly Reed President Cathy Kyle Past President Secretary George Edwards Treasurer BOARD MEMBERS Mary Arnold Joyce Basciano Joseph Bennett David Bolduc Sarah Cain Michael Cannatti Heidi Gibbons Craig Lill Blake Tollett WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP October 7, 2024 Board of Adjustment, City of Austin Elaine Ramirez, Liaison RE: C15-2024-0031 Members of the Board: West Austin Neighborhood Group (WANG) conditionally supports the above referenced variance request filed by the Austin Area School for Dyslexics, Inc (Rawson Saunders) (R/S) with the following understandings and stipulations. In the spring of this year R/S and their contiguous neighbor Tarrytown Christian Church filed to rezone their entire tract of land from the SF-3-NP zoning district to the GO-MU-NP zoning district. WANG, recognizing overwhelming close by neighbor opposition to the rezoning request, asked R/S to explore the variance process in order to achieve their vision for the school. Over the decades, WANG has worked with several churches along Exposition Boulevard to allow for expansions of their campuses, all within the SF-3 zoning district: • C-15-2003-065 the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, a variance was granted to allow maximum impervious coverage requirements to go from 45% to 70%, maximum building coverage requirements to go from 40% to 50%, and a decrease of setback requirements for a through street. • C15-2006-059 the Westminster Presbyterian Church, a variance was granted to allow maximum impervious coverage requirements to go from 45% to 64% (existing) in order for the church to either replace or renovate buildings on the campus. • Tarrytown United Methodist Church- In 2010-2011, the close by neighbors, WANG and TUMC all worked in harmony to allow the church to reasonably expand their campus through the purchase of a residential home fronting on Exposition Boulevard and placing that property under their Religious Use umbrella without changing either the property’s underlying zoning district of SF-3- NP or changing the expanded campus’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designation, Central West Austin Neighborhood Plan (CWANP). In addition, in 2009 WANG worked closely with the Girls School of Austin to achieve a harmonious Conditional Use Permit in order for them to expand their campus. As for the application for variance under discussion, WANG recognizes the relevant hardships cited and can support the majority of, as amended, requests as follows: • On the request to increase the site development regulation maximum height requirement of 35 feet to 50 feet on the understanding that per the applicant’s “Height Exhibit”, that there will be a maximum building height of 40 feet on the west side of the property and the 50 foot maximum would pertain only to the delineated eastern side of the property, we can support the request to raise the maximum height on the western portion of the tract to 40 feet. On the as delineated eastern portion of the tract, WANG can only support a maximum building height increase of 45 feet rather than the requested 50 feet. The expectation here is that any building on the eastern portion of the tract would be 3 stories rather than 4 stories. ITEM03/43• • • • Allow the maximum building coverage requirement to go from 40% required to 60%. Allow the maximum impervious coverage to go from 45% required to 60%. Allow the minimum setback requirements for the front yard of the property to go from 25 feet required to 15 feet requested and the rear yard setback requirement to go from 10 feet required to 5 feet requested. This relaxation from the development code is supported only with the mutual understanding that the western side of the property will be considered its front yard only for this variance request. Currently for temporary addressing purposes the western side of the property fronting on Hillview is considered the front of the property; a permanent address to show Exposition Boulevard as the front of the property is mutually agreed upon. Once the address has been adjusted, the building setback along the Hillview side of the property will be 15 feet. Regarding a variance to LDC 25-2-832: a site must be located on a street that has a paved width of at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) from the site to where it connects with another street that has a paved width of at least 40 feet (required) to 30 feet (requested) “in order to erect school buildings and structured sub-grade parking facilities in a SF-3-NP zoning district” WANG accepts this request for the street variance conditioned on access to the property being ONLY off Exposition Boulevard. Further, WANG’s conditional acquiescence of these variance requests should in no way imply approval of a parking facility to be accessed off Hillview Road. Rawson Saunders has been a long and valued member of our neighborhood. Their current need for renovations to their campus coupled with their vision for the future of the school may not be achievable when considering the property’s constraints, but we are respectfully asking the Board to grant the requested variances, with amendments, so that defined developmental parameters are in place. Sincerely, Holly Reed, President West Austin Neighborhood Group 2 ITEM03/44ITEM03/45ITEM03/46ITEM03/47ITEM03/48From: Subject: Date: Rawson Saunders School Monday, October 14, 2024 3:00:42 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jkreislemd@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] External Email - Exercise Caution My wife,Elizabeth, and I live across Hillview from the Rawson Saunders School in Austin. They have been good neighbors and, certainly, are engaged in a worthy cause, educating children with dyslexia. We hope they can remain at their location and expand within the restrictions of a zoning variance. We OPPOSE a zoning change. Sent from my iP Sincerely, James and Elizabeth Kreisle CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Please use caution when clicking links or opening attachments. If you believe this to be a malicious or phishing email, please report it using the "Report Message" button in Outlook. For any additional questions or concerns, contact CSIRT at "cybersecurity@austintexas.gov". ITEM03/49ITEM03/50