Title
Discuss and consider an application for an Architectural Waiver to waive the requirement of the covered rear patio for the alley-loaded products with attached garages in the Carmel development. (ARB1805-01)
Summary
The Carmel development is located within the city limits, generally east of Weiss Lane, west of a tributary of Wilbarger Creek, north of Cameron Road, south of Jesse Bohls, and generally northeast of Weiss High School. The Applicant is requesting a waiver for the 100 sq. ft. minimum covered rear patio requirement associated with the architectural standards of the Unified Development Code (UDC) and First Amendment of the Carmel Development Agreement. The Applicant has stated the required covered rear patio is challenging to build at the rear due to the attached garage in combination with both the residential dwelling’s lot width and mandatory 2 car alley-loaded garages. The Applicant will build on a total of fourteen (14) 40 ft. wide Single Family Mixed Use Residential (SF-MU) District alley-loaded lots within the Carmel development. Three (3) of the lots are located in Phase 1, Section 2, Block F (Lots 1, 2, and 3), while the remaining fourteen (14) lots are located in Phase 2, Section 1 of the development, which has not been platted at this time. While reviewing the Applicant’s request, it was brought to staff’s attention that other 40 ft. wide alley-loaded products with attached garages would also experience the same difficultly with the 100 sq. ft. minimum covered rear patio requirement; therefore, staff recommends that the 100 sq. ft. minimum covered rear patio requirement be waived for all alley-loaded products with an attached garage within the Carmel development. All other alley-loaded products which do not include an attached garage shall meet the architectural standards of Subchapter 9 of the Unified Development Code (UDC) and the First Amendment of the Carmel Development Agreement. The 40 ft. wide established and potential alley-loa...
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