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CITY OF AUSTIN Board of Adjustment Decision Sheet Item 08 DATE: Monday May 12, 2025 CASE NUMBER: C15-2025-0013 ___-____Thomas Ates (D1) OUT ___Y____Bianca A Medina-Leal (D2) ___Y____Jessica Cohen (D3) ___Y____Yung-ju Kim (D4) ___Y____Melissa Hawthorne (D5) ___-____Niccolo A Sacco (D6) OUT ___Y____Sameer S Birring (D7) ___Y____Margaret Shahrestani (D8) ___Y____Brian Poteet (D9) ___-____Michael Von Ohlen (D10) OUT ___Y____Jeffery L Bowen (M) ___-____Corry L Archer-mcclellan (Alternate) (M) OUT ___Y____Suzanne Valentine (Alternate) (M) _______VACANT (Alternate) (M) APPLICANT: Donna Carter OWNER: Lynn Sherman ADDRESS: 3505 GREENWAY VARIANCE REQUESTED: The applicant is requesting a variance(s) from the Land Development Code, Section 25-2-492 (Site Development Regulations) from: setback requirements to decrease the minimum front yard setback from 25 feet  (required) to 23 feet (requested) and  to 54.5% (requested) impervious coverage requirements to increase I.C. from 45% (maximum allowed) in order to remodel, maintain and add an addition to an existing 2 story Single-Family residence in a “SF-2-CO-NP”, Single-Family-Combined Overlay-Neighborhood Plan zoning district (Hancock Neighborhood Plan). BOARD’S DECISION: The public hearing was closed by Madam Chair Jessica Cohen, Vice-Chair Melissa Hawthorne’s motion to Approve with the conditions of a rainwater capture system being installed and the carport remains in place, only the column can be moved; Board member Bianca Medina-Leal second on 9-0 votes; GRANTED WITH THE CONDITIONS OF A RAINWATER CAPTURE SYSTEM BEING INSTALLED AND THE CARPORT REMAINS IN PLACE, ONLY THE COLUMN CAN BE MOVED. FINDING: 1. The Zoning regulations applicable to the property do not allow for a reasonable use because: the subject property provides access to the adjacent properties reducing a significant portion of impervious cover to provide access for the neighbors, and that drive is completely counted against this lot. 2. (a) The hardship for which the variance is requested is unique to the property in that: the building and the driveway are permitted and constructed when the historic estate was divided this joint access easement, don’t see many joint access driveways that go through the property that completely get counted under one lot and the angle in order to get into the carport is a little extreme. (b) The hardship is not general to the area in which the property is located because: as the code changed since the original subdivision occurred and that it is born directly on this particular property and the natural site condition, drainage, protected trees just make it a little bit difficult to provide mitigation. 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: the variance is actually deminimus in nature, considering the larger historic site and that for the impervious cover going to provide rainwater harvesting or rainwater collection in proportion to the amount that they are constructing. Elaine Ramirez Executive Liaison Jessica Cohen Madam Chair for