AGENDA DATE: January 21, 2026
PANEL: B
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 9
DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
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BUILDING OFFICIAL’S REPORT
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Application of Ryan Huston for (1) a variance to the floor area for structures accessory to single-family use regulations, and for (2) a variance to the building height for structures accessory to single-family use regulations at 6964 WAKEFIELD STREET. This property is more fully described as Block H/5437, Lot 12, and is zoned R-7.5(A), which states that an accessory structure may not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the main structure and prohibits the building height of an accessory stricture to exceed the height of the main structure. The applicant is proposing to construct and/or maintain a single-family residential accessory structure with 621 square feet of floor area (31.4% of the 1,976 square foot floor area of the main structure), which will require (1) a 127 square foot variance to the floor area for structures accessory to single family use regulations, and to construct and/or maintain a single-family residential accessory structure with a building height of 21-feet 6-inches, which will require (2) a 9-foot 6-inch variance to the maximum building height for structures accessory to single-family use regulations.
Location: 6964 WAKEFIELD STREET
Applicant: Ryan Huston
Representative: Ryan Huston
Senior Planner: Bryant Thompson
Request: (1) Variance to the floor area regulations, and
(2) Variance to the building height regulations
Staff Recommendation: Denial.
BOA-25-000055
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