AGENDA DATE: September 15, 2026
PANEL: A
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 5
DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
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BUILDING OFFICIAL’S REPORT
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Application of Herschel Bowens for (1) a variance to the landscape regulations, for (2) a special exception to the visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach and adjacent street curb, and for (3) a special exception to the fence materials regulations at 410 HILLBURN DRIVE. This property is more fully described as Lot 3, Block 6269, and is zoned IM, where a landscape buffer must be provided between any required screening fence and an adjacent thoroughfare, requires a 20-foot visibility triangle at the driveway or alley edge and the street curb line, and prohibits the use of certain materials for a fence. The applicant proposes to construct and/or maintain an alternative landscape plan in lieu of the required landscape buffer for outside storage, which will require (1) a variance to the landscape regulations, to construct and/or maintain a fence structure in a required visibility obstruction triangle on the driveway edge and the street curb line 20 feet from the intersection along Elam Road, which will require (2) a special exception to the visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach and adjacent street curb, and to construct and/or maintain a fence using a prohibited material, which will require (3) a special exception to the fence material regulations.
Location: 410 HILLBURN DRIVE
Applicant: Herschel Bowens
Senior Planner: Bryant Thompson
Request(s): for (1) a variance to the landscape regulations, for (2) a special exception to the visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach and adjacent street curb, and for (3) a special exception to the fence materials regulations
Staff Recommendation: (1) Approval, (2) No staff recommendation, (3) No staff recommendations.
BOA-26-000058
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