City of Aurora - File #: 18-0606

• File #: 18-0606
• Version: 3
• Name: Gerardo and Ana Sosa / 816 Hinman Street / Driveway Replacement & Patio
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/12/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/9/2018
• Final action: 10/23/2018
• Title: An Ordinance Granting a Major Variance to exceed the forty percent lot coverage requirement in the R-2, One Family Dwelling District to allow for a driveway extension, pursuant to Section 10.5 and Section 7.6-5.6 of the Aurora Zoning Ordinance, for the property located at 816 Hinman Street

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/23/2018	3	City Council	adopted	Pass
10/9/2018	3	City Council	(HELD)	Pass
10/2/2018	3	Committee of the Whole	(PLACED ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS)
9/27/2018	3	Planning & Development Committee	recommended for denial	Pass
9/19/2018	2	Zoning Board of Appeals	Forwarded	Pass
9/11/2018	1	Planning Council	Forwarded	Pass
7/17/2018	1	Committee of the Whole	Forward to Planning Council

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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin

FROM: Zoning Board of Appeals

DATE: September 20, 2018

SUBJECT:
An Ordinance granting a Major Variance to exceed the forty percent lot coverage requirement in the R-2, One Family Dwelling District to allow for a driveway extension, pursuant to Section 10.5 and Section 7.6-5.6 of the Aurora Zoning Ordinance, for the property located at 816 Hinman Street (Gerardo and Ana Sosa - 18-0606 / AU27/4-18.109-V - SB - Ward 3)

PURPOSE:
The Petitioners, Gerardo and Ana Sosa, are requesting approval of a Major Variance for the property located at 816 Hinman Street. The requested variance is pursuant to Section 7.6-5.6, which allows for a maximum lot coverage of forty percent in the R-2, One Family Dwelling District. In particular, the expansion of the existing driveway is exceeding this permitted lot coverage.

BACKGROUND:
The subject property is currently zoned R-2, One Family Dwelling District. The property is a legal nonconforming lot, as it does not meet the R-2 zoning district's standard for lot width, which is sixty (60) feet, or area, which is eight thousand (8,000) square feet. The existing lot is approximately forty-two (42) feet wide, one hundred thirty-two (132) feet deep, and has an area of approximately five thousand, five hundred, forty-two (5,542) square feet. The approximate, total footprint of the building is one thousand, one hundred, fifteen (1,115) square feet. The approximate, total footprint of the detached garage is five hundred, seventy-six (576) square feet. The approximate, total footprint of the area covered by paving, prior to the new driveway extension, is one thousand, four hundred, seventy-one (1,471) square feet. Therefore, the total, approximate lot coverage, prior to the new driveway extension was three thousand, one hundred, seventy-two square feet. The total lot coverage was approximately fifty-seven (57) percent. Additional information on the legislative history of the property can be fo...