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City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2025-01-09)

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Date:
September 3, 2024
Project:
McDOWELL RESIDENCE – Addition to Existing
Address:
6339 W. CORRINE DR. GLENDALE, AZ.
APN:
200-76-216
Owner:
MCDOWELL 2008 REVOCABLE TRUST
VARIANCE: Requesting for the west setback to be at 7 feet 4 inches instead of the standard
20 feet.
Request
Variance approval to reduce the west side building setback from twenty (20) feet to twelve
(12) feet four (4) inches in the SR-30 zoning district for an RV garage addition to the primary
residence.
Background Information
The property is a single-family residence built in 1981 and is a member of the Longhorn
Ranch Unit 2 subdivision. The subject lot is located within an LDR 2.5 (Low Density
Residential 1 – 2.5 dwelling units per acre) land use area in the Sahuaro council district and
is 0.81 acres (38,078 square feet) in size. It is surrounded on all sides by lots within the
same subdivision encompassing similar lot dimensions. Current conditions demonstrate that
the subject property and its western neighbor each have side-entry garages that are
setback a large distance from the property lines causing approximately an eighty-five (85)
foot separation of structures.
Project Details
The proposed project includes construction of an RV garage attached to the existing home.
The owners intend to change the access from a side to a front-entry garage that will
accommodate their RV. Construction will not infringe upon the front building setback,
however, an accommodation is requested to extend the structure beyond the side building
setback. The side setback is twenty (20) feet from the property line, and the proposed
addition will reduce that setback to twelve feet four inches (12’-4”). This will reduce the
distance between neighboring structures to just under fifty (50) feet.
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DATE
Conditionally Approved
Approved

aschwenner
10/3/2024
City of Glendale
Development Services Department
Planning Division

1). The adjacent neighbor at west property were able to build the same intention wherein
rights should be commonly enjoyed by both properties in the same zoning district.
2). The same adjacent neighbor at west property does not interfere with or alter the
appropriate and legal use of both and all conforming properties in the same zoning district.
3). The request variance will not be detrimental to public interest, health, safety, or welfare.
4). Regarding the size of the garage. The owner will be running his underground utility
consulting business from the garage, which will require the office and workshop.
Additionally, they are avid car collectors, and have 6 vehicles, along with 3 recreational
vehicles, with an approximate value of over $900,000.
5). Within 400’ of the subject property there are numerous detached, and attached, garages
similar in size. There appears to be 2 additional properties that have similar, and or larger
garages than what is being proposed.
6). The primary residence is currently 3,386sf, with a proposed garage enclosure of 520sf,
which would bring the total sqft to 3,906sf. This would be larger than the proposed garage.
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