Agenda Date: 09/17/2025
Subject:
Title
AAC Resolution 03-2025: Approving a variance to apply Single-Family Narrow Lot zoning standards to the property at 5770 S Bemis St.
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Prepared by:
Rachel Vigil, Planner I
Presentations:
Rachel Vigil, Planner I
PURPOSE:
Table 10-4-2.2 of the Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) sets the lot and building standards for Single-Family Detached homes in the Small Lot Residential (SLR) zoning district. The applicant is requesting approval of a variance to change the lot and building standards on this lot to that of Single-Family Narrow Lot to allow for construction of a new single-family home at 5770 S Bemis St.
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 encroaches into the setbacks for SLR Single-Family Detached lot standards. Therefore, they are requesting a variance to the change the setbacks to that of Single-Family Narrow Lot standards.
The applicants state that "this variance is necessary due to exceptional site constraints caused by the presence of a regulated floodplain, which significantly limits the property's functional buildable area and effective width." They also argue that "the developable footprint of this property is restricted by floodplain boundaries, creating conditions that functionally resemble a narrow lot" and that the approval of this variance "would allow for the development of a residence that meets community character goals while accommodating the environmental and dimensional limitations of the site."
The applicants seek a variance to build a new single-family home at 5770 S Bemis St. that meets the Single-Family Narrow Lot standards, allowing...
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