Agenda Date: 09/17/2025
Subject:
Title
AAC Resolution 04-2025: Approving a variance to roof form requirements at 5770 S Bemis St to allow for a partially flat roof.
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Prepared by:
Rachel Vigil, Planner I
Presentations:
Rachel Vigil, Planner I
PURPOSE:
Subsection 10-4-3.2.C.C.7 of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) requires "Roof style...and roof pitch shall be similar to those found on existing structures within the same block." The applicant is requesting approval of a variance to this standard to allow for a new single-family home to be built at 5770 S Bemis St with a partially flat roof.
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
High Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
Variances are typically considered when the strict application of the Littleton City Code creates an undue hardship on an applicant or when a hardship is created by physical surroundings. The applicants would like to demolish the existing structure on their property and construct a new 3-bedroom single- family home. This proposed home would have a partially flat roof, though the contextual development standards, as they apply to this block, require a pitched roof. Therefore, they are requesting a variance to the above contextual development standards.
The applicants state that due to constraints created by a floodplain on this lot, "which significantly reduces the buildable footprint and prohibits a basement," this roof form variance is "important to keeping the building within allowable height." They argue that a pitched roof would lead to a further loss of square footage within their proposed home and that their "goal is to construct a thoughtfully scaled primary residence that responds directly to the site's environmental limitations while contributing positively to the surrounding streetscape."
The applicants seek a variance to build their new home with a partially flat roof in order to maximize their home's usable square footage due to the constraints presented by the floodplain.
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