PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance from Section 6-2-12:1.2 in order to permit a 4' 6" tall steel open fence with 5' 6" tall brick piers within the required front and corner side yard setback at the subject property located at 1227 Olesen Drive, Naperville - PZC 19-1-073
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-073 was published in the Naperville Sun on August 5, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned R1A (Low Density Single Family Residence District) and is located at the northwest corner of Hobson Road and Olesen Drive. The R1A zoning district has a front and corner side yard setback of 30'. The 1.3 acre property is currently improved with a single-family residence.
The subject property is bounded by Hobson Road to the south and Olesen Drive to the east. By code, Hobson Road has additional fence regulations that limit the permitted fencing materials along Hobson Road to aluminum, wrought iron, PVC, split rail, and three-board fencing. The proposal calls for installation of a steel fence. Staff finds the proposed steel fence material to be of a similar, but higher quality, than aluminum and therefore finds that the proposed fence material is permitted at the subject property.
DISCUSSION:
The owners and petitioners, Scott Mitchell and Christine Stauffer, request approval of a variance to allow for construction of a 4' 6" tall steel open fence with 16 brick piers that are 5' 6" tall and spaced every 30' to be located along the property lines within the required front and corner side yard.
Per Section 6-2-12:1.2 (General Zoning Provisions: Fences), an open, or picket style, fence 4' tall or less is permitted in the required front and corner side yard. An open fence is defined in Section 6-1-6 (Zoning Title, Purpose, Definitions: Defini...
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