CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving a variance to permit a detached garage/summer kitchen at 337 N. Sleight Street - DEV-0101-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) considered DEV-0101-2025 on November 19, 2025, and recommended approval of the request (approved 9-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at the southwest corner of Sleight Street and 4th Avenue, just south of the BNSF commuter railroad tracks, and is zoned R2 (Single-Family and Low Density Multiple-Family Residence District). The property is approximately 8,092 square feet and is improved with a two-story single-family residence and detached, historic summer kitchen structure.
The existing summer kitchen is approximately 319 square feet and 16 feet in height and is located to the west of the primary residence on the property. The structure has a setback of 3.53 feet from the west property line and therefore does not comply with the minimum detached accessory structure setback of five feet as outlined in Municipal Code Section 6-2-10:1 (Accessory Buildings, Structures and Use of Land: Location). There is no garage on the property, so vehicles currently park on the small driveway off 4th Avenue, which is slightly less in length than a standard parking space. Since no garage currently exists, the property does not comply with the City requirement for the provision of one enclosed parking space per Municipal Code Section 6-9-2:4.2.1 (Off-Street Parking Facilities).
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner and property owner, Lisa Coronel, has submitted a petition for approval of a variance in order to lift the existing detached summer kitchen about six feet and construct a garage underneath the summer kitchen at the property. According to the property owner, the summer kitchen is historic in nature and...
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