Agenda Date: 07/16/2025
Subject:
Title
AAC Resolution 02-2025: Approving a variance to allow for a detached garage to be built in front of the existing house located at 2266 W. Lake Ave.
Body
Prepared by:
Zareen Tasneem, Senior Planner
Presentations:
Zareen Tasneem, Senior Planner
Hakim Amrouche, Tayrart LLC
PURPOSE:
Subsection 10-1-1.6.B.C.5.a. of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) requires that "An accessory building shall only be located...behind the front fa?ade of the principal building and use to which it is accessory." The applicant is requesting approval of a variance to this standard to allow for a new detached garage to be built in front of the existing house located at 2266 W. Lake Ave.
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 applicant would like to build a new 2-car detached garage, located in front of the front fa?ade of the existing house. Therefore, they are requesting a variance to the above accessory structure placement standard.
The applicant states that "the proposed garage will provide essential additional parking and storage space for the homeowner, addressing current parking limitations on the property" (see attached applicant project narrative). They feel that the subject property has unique limitations, including "the fact that the house is built way to the back of the property, which limits the space to create a garage according to the zoning code." They would like to locate the detached garage at the front of the property, utilizing the existing curb cut, and will design it to complement the existing residential structure, ensuring consistency with the surrounding neighborhood.
The applicant seeks a variance to place a new detached garage 29 feet from the front property line on S. Sycamore Street, allowing the ga...
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