HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes WA-98-06CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION
I, Ami Lazzeri, Secretary to the City of Wheat Ridge Board of Adjustment, do hereby certify that
the following Resolution was duly adopted in the City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson,
State of Colorado, on the 26th day of March, 1998.
CASE NO: WA-98-6
APPLICANT'S NAME: Ben Schnell
LOCATION: 12180 West 35th Avenue
Upon a motion by Board Member HOVLAND, seconded by Board Member WALKER, the
following resolution was stated:
WHEREAS, the applicant was denied permission by an administrative officer; and
WHEREAS, Board of Adjustment application Case No. WA-98-6 is an appeal to this Board
from the decision of an administrative officer; and
WHEREAS, the property has been posted the required fifteen days by law and there were no
protests registered against it; and
WHEREAS, the relief applied for may be granted without detriment to the public welfare and
without substantially impairing the intent and purpose of the regulations governing the City of
Wheat Ridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Board of Adjustment Application Case No.
WA-98-6 be, and hereby is, approved.
TYPE OF VARIANCE: A request for approval of a five-foot side yard setback variance to the
five-foot side yard setback requirement for the purpose of constructing an enclosed garage.
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
The proposed garage will allow for adequate separation between the adjacent structure to
the west.
2. Approval of the request will not alter the essential character of the locality.
Approval of the request may provide a benefit to the neighborhood in that there may be
some aesthetic relief from outside parking and storage.
Case No. WA-98-6/Board of Adjustment Resolution
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4. This particular home is unlike most in the neighborhood in that it doers not have the same
amount of space for storage as other homes.
With the following conditions:
The garage must be designed so the style and materials match the applicant's existing
house.
2. Rain gutter downspouts must be directed to allow for rain water to flow away from the
property to the west.
Board Member ABBOTT offered the following amendment:
With a further condition that the applicant pull a building permit to include all the
additional living space indicated to the Board through testimony and as indicated in item
no. 3 of the construction estimate from Bader Burke & Company, Inc.
The amendment was accepted by Board Members HOVLAND and WALKER.
The motion failed by a vote of 5-2.
VOTE: Yes: Abbott, Hovland, Thiessen, Mauro and Walker
No: Echelmeyer and Howard
Absent: Junker
DISPOSITION: A request for approval of a five-foot side yard setback variance to the
five-foot side yard setback requirement for the purpose of constructing an enclosed garage
was denied, based on Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 2-53 (d) of the City of Wheat Ridge
Codes of Law which state that Board of Adjustment motions not carried are thereby
deemed denied.
ADOPTED and made effective this 26th day of March, 1998.
NDA MAURO, Chairman Ann Lazzeri, Secretary
Board of Adjustment Board of Adjustment