AGENDA DATE: April 14, 2026
PANEL: A
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
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BUILDING OFFICIAL'S REPORT
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Application of Jesus Sanchez for (1) a special exception to the fence height regulations, (2) a special exception to the fence opacity regulations, and (3) a special exception to the 20-foot visibility obstruction regulations at 7947 WOODSHIRE DRIVE. This property is more fully described as Block F/7525, Lot 20, and is zoned R-7.5(A), which limits the height of a fence in a required front yard to four feet, requires a fence panel with a surface area that is less than 50-percent open may not be located less than 5-feet from the front lot line, and requires a 20-foot visibility triangle at the driveway approach. The applicant proposes to construct and/or maintain an 8-foot-high fence in a required front-yard along S Polk Street, which will require (1) a 4-foot 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 along S Polk Street, which will require (2) a special exception to the fence opacity regulations, and to construct and/or maintain a single-family residential fence structure in a required visibility obstruction triangle at the driveway approach along S Polk Street, which will require (3) a special exception to the 20-foot visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach.
Location: 7947 WOODSHIRE DRIVE
Applicant: Jesus Sanchez
Representative: Jesus Sanchez
Senior Planner: Dr. Kameka Miller-Hoskins
Request: (1) a 4-foot special exception to the fence height regulations; (2) a special exception to the fence opacity regulations; and (3) a special exception to the 20-foot visibility obstruction regulations at the driveway approach.
Staff Recommendation: (1) No...
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