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Home My WebLink About07232020 ZBA Agenda Item 3 West University Place To: Zoning Board of Adjustments From: Clay Chew,Building Official Date: July 23,2020 Re: Staff Report for Docket 2020-0008 Applicant's Request Applicant is requesting a variance to install a second gas meter for a backup generator at 4134 Villanova St. Background Information The second meter would denied due to the Zoning Ordinance only allowing one on a single family detached building site. Appendix A, Article 2, Section 2-102 Certain Terms, Single-detached use. (2) There is no multiple utility service on the building site. Variance Request Applicant is requesting a variance to install a second gas meter for a backup generator at 4134 Villanova St. (1) The ZBA has made all findings and determinations required by state law for the granting of a variance.A"special condition"or"hardship"that is self-created,personal or based only on financial reasons is not sufficient to support the issuance of a variance.The fmdings to grant a favorable result for this application are as follows: 1. The ZBA must find that a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in an unnecessary hardship. 2. By granting the variance would the spirit of the ordinance be observed and substantial justice done? 3. Would the variance be contrary to the public interest? (2) The ZBA has made any additional findings and determinations required by a specific provision of this section which relates to the variance. (3) The variance has been reduced to writing and includes any conditions prescribed by the ZBA or required by this section for the variance in question. 1 City of West University Place m APPLICATION TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS ("CITY") ifxa$ Address of site: 4134 Villanova St. West University Place, TX 77005 Lot 134,Fairhaven Addition(Volume 505,page 66 of the Deed Records of Harris County,Texas) description of the site: P 9 Y Applicant: Jon J. Rusciano Address: 4134 Villanova St. Contact: Jon J. Rusciano Phone: 713443-5354 Fax: N/A Email: 713-667-8910 RuscianoJ@gmail.com Decision or Action Requested(check one or more and provide requested data): ( )Appeal. Hear and decide an appeal from an order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Administrative Official. • Is the official's action in writing? ( )Yes; ( )copy is attached. ( )No, but the action appealed is as follows: • When was the action taken? Note: Appeals must be filed within a reasonable time. Please explain any delay below: • Exact zoning ordinance section(s) involved: • Grounds for appeal: ( ) Special Exception. • Exact zoning ordinance section that authorizes the special exception: • Exact wording of special exception requested: Variance. Exact zoning ordinance section from which a variance is requested:Appendix A,Article 2,Section 2-202 • Certain terms.Single detached use.A use of a building site which meets all of the following criteria;(2)There shall be no multiple • Exact wording of variance requested: utility service on the building site. Add new natural gas meter and service for emergency power generator Other Data. Are there drawings or other data? ( )No ( )Yes(list items here and attach them) Attached. The applicant has -/.4 e Stat- and City regulations attached. Signature of applicant: _ Date: 05/26/2020 For Staff Use only Date filed: 0(0/g2„?/7OZo Date heard: -2 3/20 lo Docket#: 2'C1ZO - coDo Form ZBA-102 Members of the West University City Council New Gas Meter Request I am herein requesting the City Council to allow a variance for an additional gas meter at my residence, located at 4134 Villanova St. I recently purchased this West University property as my homestead, and I am planning to live here with my family for the foreseeable future. The meter will serve only an emergency natural gas generator, to be located behind the garage, near its proposed location (see noted survey). If the indicated location is in conflict with any City code or applicable building code distance requirements from my home's electrical service, it will be moved to the east of this service location as far as required, along the back wall of the garage. This request is being made because the existing gas service meter is now located on the west side of the residence structure, very close to the front of the house. This creates a significant difficulty for serving a generator located behind the garage, due to the very long gas piping run beneath existing rock beds, fence/vision screen/deck structures, yard drains and artificial turf installations in such a pathway. The new meter will not be visible to neighbors, nor will it serve anything other than the proposed generator. I have noted the City has allowed such variances recently, and thus I was hoping for this approval in time to facilitate a generator's installation, in advance of the late August/September season for hurricanes. Thanks to everyone in the Council for their consideration of this request. Respectfully composed, Dr. Jon Rusciano Required 18" distance from Proposed new natural gas meter location approved by garage wall 11 ft. Centerpoint* '1-7—"--41 Proposed standby generator. 5 ft. *Centerpoint says Five ft.from back fence ► 22.1' --""- '''"'"'"1- 3.5' new gas meter should property line be addressed as -„ 2--STORY t\) 4134A Villanova st. —.: IrGARAGE _ WOOD Relocate the existing A/C unit T0.4'APARTMENT --""`""' FENCE to allow for proper generator placement COV. -r-^r- 2�. ' WOOD " a DECK „,,t,,14A e ,WOOD i ' ooi " it '`DECli'. e 1 N 20.9 c4 if ff 7,0` LOT IMO r 2.6' QYY LOT ¶0.g G tt „ 58 c, 14.5' '. 14.& 10.0' 20' BUILDING LINE BRK 2COV, i 5,/8” IRON (VOL. 824, PG. 357 HCDR) •� ROD FOUND ENTRY .., .''.z. (C.M.) 29.7' CONC. DRIVE 100.00' 50.00' 50.00' 293.1' 50.00' 1111111111111111111111111111111 ' IRON 1//2" IRON 5/8" IRON WEST 50.00' 1/2 IRON IRON PIPE FOUND ROD FOUND ROD FOUND ROD FOUND FOUND (C.M.) __ 11____ (C.M.) (C.M.) American Land Title Association ALTA Settlement Statement-Combined Adopted 05'01-2015 __ Charter Title Company ALTA Universal ID: 1717 West Loop South 12th Floor Houston,TX 77027 File No./Escn}wNo, : 1031411900057 Print Date&Time: May 8, 2013 8:09 am Officer/Escrow Officer: James Wolf Settlement Location : 1717 West Loop Soudh, 12th Floor Huuaton,TX 77027 Property Address: 4134 Villanova Street Houabon, TX 77005 Borrower: Jon Jared Rusciano and Lorena L. Garaicoechea 141G&Harold Houston, TX 77006 Seller: Brian Tevvand Felicia Tew 4134 Villanova Street Houston,TX 77005 Lender: Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Settlement Date: May 08, 2019 Disbursement Date: May 88. 2O1B Financial Sale Price of Property Deposit or earnesmoney Loan Amount --_ GeUerCnedd'Professional Cleaning � Prorations/Adjustments Option Fee County Taxes 01/01/19- 05/09/ 9 Funding Fee Processing Fees Underwriting Fees Appraisal Fee FBO William T. Evans $725.00 paid outside closing by - File#1oo1411800O5r/45 2015u�v�on�n Titlem�umw�n CopyrightAli rights reserved Page 1 of 4 Printed on 05/08/19 at 8:09:02AMuyuog^n.Annntyn The City of West University Place A Neighborh(x)d City NOTICE OF ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HEARING Notice is hereby given of a regular meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustments to be held via teleconference set to begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020. The hearing may be recessed and continued to a ZBA meeting set to begin at 6:30 p.m.on Thursday,August 27,2020. Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and CDC'S recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public will not be allowed to by physically present at this meeting. Zoning Board of Adjustments will be meeting via teleconference and will be audible to members of the public and allow for two-way communications for those desiring to participate. The information to join the meeting will be posted at a later date online. Address of the site: 4134 Villanova St., Houston,TX 77005 Legal Description: LT 134 FAIRHAVEN,Harris County,Texas Docket Number: 2020-0008 Applicant: Jon J.Rusciano Action Requested: Request a variance to install a second gas meter for a back-up generator at 4134 Villanova St. Additional Details: The applicant is proposing to install a backup generator and is requesting a variance to install a second gas meter. The second meter was denied due to the Zoning Ordinance only allowing one on a single family detached building site. Appendix A, Article 2, Section 2-102 Certain Terms, Single-detached use. A use of a building site which meets all of the following criteria; (2)There is no multiple utility service on the building site. Applicable regulations include the City's Zoning Ordinance,Code of Ordinances,Chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code and the rules of the ZBA. The application is available on the city's website at www.westutx.gov. Additional details on such matters, as well as the applicable regulations are also available for public inspection in the Public Works Center,3826 Amherst,West University Place,77005. Any person interested in such matters should attend the hearing. If you plan to attend this public meeting and you have a disability that requires special arrangements at the meeting,please contact the Chief Building Official at 713-662-5830 in advance of the meeting.Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your participation in the meeting.The Municipal Building is wheel chair accessible from the West and Southwest entrances and specially marked parking spaces are available in the Southwest parking area. Signed: Clay Chew,for the ZBA posted and mailed on or before July 13,2020. cchew@westutx.gov 713-662-5830 TOP WORK PLACES 3800 University Boulevard I West University Place, TX 77005 I www.westutx.gov WOOD ROBERT P &SHERRI C WALCOTT DEBBIE DYKOSKI THEODORE D & LAURIE N 4116 VILLANOVA ST 2506 NORTHFORK CT 4122 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 (C/O 4120 VILLANOVA) HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 PEARLAND TX 77584-5975 LAYNE KELLY M & BETHANY A CUTHRELL JAMES E & HEATHER M CURRENT OWNER 4126 VILLANOVA ST THE CUTHRELL FAMILY LIVING TRUST 4134 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 4130 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 GOWDA KASS INVESTMENTS LLC CURRENT OWNER GALFIONE JOHN & KYLIE 5959 RICHMOND AVE STE 410 4142 VILLANOVA ST 4148 VILLANOVA ST (C/O 4138 VILLANOVA) HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 HOUSTON TX 77057-6325 VARNER CHARLES C STEVERLYNCK ANDRES MARIA DATRI MORRIS RONALD R& GRETCHEN 4152 VILLANOVA ST MARIA SOL 4153 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 4154 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 HOUSTON TX 77005-3527 GEIBEL ERIC T& HOLLAND C PLEMENOS THEODORE & EUGENIA L RODRIGUEZ LAURA E 4143 VILLANOVA ST 4137 VILLANOVA ST 4135 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005 HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 BROWNLIE MICHAEL E & REBECCA THAMES HOWARD D & KATHERINE WOODS DENNIS & LISA M ROSALINE 4129 VILLANOVA ST 4123 VILLANOVA ST 4133 VILLANOVA ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 HOUSTON TX 77005-3532 MASSARO KEVIN & DIANA GARZA BERNARDO S& MARIA GURR CHRISTOPHER J 4119 VILLANOVA ST 4115 VILLANOVA ST YANOSEK KASSIA JO HOUSTON TX 77005-3526 HOUSTON TX 77005-3526 4124 MARQUETTE ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3501 RIDOUT JOHN T SMITH CAROL G &TRUST ETAL SMITH ROBERT C &CAROL G 4126 MARQUETTE ST 4142 MARQUETTE ST 4142 MARQUETTE ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3501 (C/O 4130 MARQUETTE) HOUSTON TX 77005-3501 HOUSTON TX 77005-3501 WEIMAN STEPHEN G & MARY M CALDWELL THOMAS L&CAROLYN A CURRENT OWNER 4148 MARQUETTE ST 4153 OBERLIN ST 3203 CASON ST HOUSTON TX 77005 HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 (C/O 4149 OBERLIN) HOUSTON TX 77005-3842 SIMON CHRISTOPHER J TSAI STELLA&CHAN MICHAEL CHAPMAN MICHAEL& RAMIREZ 4141 OBERLIN ST 4139 OBERLIN ST CHAPMAN ANA LISA HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 4135 OBERLIN ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 ORAVETZ FRANCIS R & CATHERINE C WILLIAMSON KENT A& NINA BUTLER JOHN D &SUSAN 4131 OBERLIN ST 4125 OBERLIN ST 4119 OBERLIN ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 HOUSTON TX 77005-3522 CURRENT OWNER GAUTREAU KERA&GREEN BRIAN PROPST CHRISTINA B &TRISTAN E 3811 RILEY ST 4148 OBERLIN ST 4142 OBERLIN ST (C/O 4115 OBERLIN) HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 HOUSTON TX 77005-4324 STOETT RUDOLF P & LINDSEY L KURIE JONATHAN M MCCONATY BRADY J &SANDRA 4140 OBERLIN ST 4136 OBERLIN ST 4132 OBERLIN ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 NETO OTHON D MONTEIRO BLACK JAMES R & LORI E XIMENES MARIA C DACUNHA 4122 OBERLIN ST 4128 OBERLIN ST HOUSTON TX 77005-3523 HOUSTON TX 77005-3523