ITEM02 C15-2025-0025 PRESENTATION AUG11 — original pdf
Backup
C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen, homeowner From listing (May 2017) Current (June 2025) ITEM02/1 We request a setback variance to preserve our garage and carport in the same place they have been for many decades From listing (May 2017) Current (June 2025) C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/2 House and Garage at 506 Terrace 1935 Sanborn Map (source Austin History Center) Garage House C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/3 House and Garage at 506 Terrace permit history, both built in 1930 (source Travis County Appraisal District) C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/4 2017 Survey (setbacks added) (garage and carport highlighted) 10’ setback (back) 5’ setback (side) C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/5 Trees at 506 Terrace (large circles are ½ CRZs) (garage and carport highlighted) 30” Live Oak 48” Live Oak 36” Live Oak Crepe Myrtle 28” Pecan Neighbor’s large Live OK 15” Pecan C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/6 Aerial images at 506 Terrace showing tree canopies over carport and garage Circa 1997 (source City of Austin, ArcGis) Circa 2024 (source Bing Maps) C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/7 The existing garage, carport and trees are all part of our community and landscape. We want them to last another 90 years! (Photos, June 2025) Our Heritage Trees create lots of shade, and define the property layout and landscape C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/8 While replacing the roof and siding (permit 2024-166112 BP, and HR 24-162587), we found extensive rot, damage and rodent infiltration in the process Work done by previous owners rot, concealed damage, and rodents behind the walls and beneath the floors decades of City inspectors saw the repaired framing and said we need a new building permit since we exceeded the scope of the roof/siding permit - Rotten siding - Disintegrating concrete - Damaged roof framing - Rodent damage throughout Before During After C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/9 View of garage and carport from driveway From listing (May 2017) Current (June 2025) C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/10 In summary: - we love our neighborhood and neighbors - we love our home and all its historic charm - we love our trees! A variance—reducing the side-lot setback from 5’ to 1’—will allow us to preserve our structures without changing the character of our home or neighborhood! Thank you! C15-2025-0025 506 Terrace Drive George McQueen ITEM02/11