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Historic Preservation Board Meeting of May 24, 2018.
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DEFERRALS: None.
SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:
CASE FILE COA (SP) 2018-004: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 821 Obispo Avenue, a contributing resource within the “Obispo Avenue Historic District,”
legally described as Lot 16, Block 28, Coral Gables Section “B,” as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The applicant is requesting design approval for an addition
and alterations to the residence and auxiliary structure and sitework. Variances have also been requested from Article 4, Section 4-101 (D) (4b) and from Article 5, Section 5-503 (A) (1) for allowable side setbacks, from Article
5, Section 5-1402 (A) (5a) for the allowable minimum dimensions of a porte cochere, and from Article 5, Section 5-503 (A) (1a) to waive the side yard area requirement for a Coral Gables Cottage.
A motion was made and seconded to grant the following variances:
To allow the single-family residential property to provide a minimum total side setback of approximately three feet one inch (3’-1”) which totals six point two (6.2%) percent of the lot width vs. Inside lots shall have minimum side setbacks, which total twenty (20%) percent of the width of the lot as required by Section 4-101 (D)(4b) of the Coral Gables Zoning Code. (Ayes: 8, Nays: 0)
To allow the proposed addition to have a side setback of zero feet zero inches (0’-0”) on the west side vs. Notwithstanding the setback provisions in the underlying zoning district, new additions and alterations may utilize the same setbacks and extend as close to the property line as the main walls of the existing Coral Gables Cottage with the limitation that the addition/alteration may not be closer than two (2) feet, six (6) inches to the property line as required by Section 5-503 (A) (1) of the Coral Gables Zoning Code; (Ayes: 8, Nays: 0)
To allow...
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