AGENDA DATE: November 17, 2026
PANEL: A
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 13
DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
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BUILDING OFFICIAL’S REPORT
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Application of Santos Martinez for (1) a variance to the front yard setback regulations, (2) a variance to the side yard setback regulations, (3) a special exception to the fence height regulations, (4) a special exception to the fence opacity regulations, and (5) a special exception to the visibility triangle regulations at the driveway approach at 5336 ROCK CLIFF PLACE. This property is more fully described as Block 6/5579, Lot 3B, and is zoned R-1ac(A), which requires a front yard setback of 40-foot, requires a side yard setback of 10 feet, limits the height of a fence in the front yard to 4 feet, requires a fence panel with a surface area that is less than 50 percent open to be located at least 5 feet from the front lot line, and requires a 20-foot visibility triangle at the driveway or alley edge and the street curb line. The applicant proposes to construct and/or maintain an emergency generator as a single-family residential accessory structure and provide a 1-foot front yard setback, which will require (1) a 39-foot variance to the front yard setback regulations, to construct and/or maintain an emergency generator as a single-family residential accessory structure and provide a 1-foot side yard setback, which will require (2) a 9-foot variance to the side yard setback regulations, to construct and/or maintain a 6-foot 10 and 1/4-inch-high fence in a required front yard, which will require (3) a 2-foot 10 and 1/4-inch special exception to the fence height regulations, to construct and/or maintain a fence in a required front yard with a fence panel having less than 50 percent open surface area located less than 5 feet from the front lot line, which will require (4) a special exception to the fence opacity regulations, and to construct and/or maintain a single-family residential fence structure within a required visibility obstruction triangle at the driveway approach along Rock Cliff Place, which will require (5) a special exception to the visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach.
Location: 5336 ROCK CLIFF PLACE
Applicant: Santos Martinez
Senior Planner: Jamie Miller
Request(s): (1) A variance to the front yard setback regulations, (2) A variance to the side yard setback regulations, (3) A special exception to the fence height regulations, (4) A special exception to the fence opacity regulations, (5) A special exception to the visibility obstruction regulation at the driveway approach.
Staff Recommendation: (1) Denial, (2) Denial, (3) No Staff recommendation, (4) No Staff recommendation, (5) No Staff recommendation.
BOA-26-000071
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