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File #: 8461-16    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Agenda Ready (BCC)
File created: 7/26/2016 In control: Board of Adjustment
On agenda: 8/1/2016 Final action: 8/1/2016
Title: A request for a Waiver to the Los Alamos County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Development Code, Sec. 16-271 (Fences, hedges and gates), (a) Height, to allow an eight-foot (8') solid fence to be erected along a portion of the rear property line. The property is located at 2299 North Road, Los Alamos, New Mexico, in Subdivision: NORTH COMMUNITY 1, Lot 276A, and is zoned R-M-NC (North Community District, which is a single-family residential zoned district).
Presenters: Community & Economic Development; Anders Millmann
Attachments: 1. Exhibit I Vicinity mapAerial photo, 2. Exhibit II Application, site survey, and photos (4), 3. Exhibit III Map and list of property owners of record within 300 feet, 4. Exhibit IV Interdepartmental Review Committee (IDRC) Meeting Draft Minutes
Title
A request for a Waiver to the Los Alamos County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16, Development Code, Sec. 16-271 (Fences, hedges and gates), (a) Height, to allow an eight-foot (8') solid fence to be erected along a portion of the rear property line. The property is located at 2299 North Road, Los Alamos, New Mexico, in Subdivision: NORTH COMMUNITY 1, Lot 276A, and is zoned R-M-NC (North Community District, which is a single-family residential zoned district).
Property Owners
Michael Jensen, Owner/Applicant
Applicant
Michael Jensen, Owner/Applicant
Case Manager
Anders Millmann, Senior Planner
Recommended Actions
I move that the Board of Adjustment approve Case No. 16-BOA-003/WVR-2016-0019, a request for approval of an eight-foot (8') solid wall to be erected along a portion of the rear property line, for the reasons stated in the staff report and reasons determined during the public hearing, with the following conditions:
1. Cmpliance with all conditions identified in the IDRC meeting.
2.The applicant shall submit an engineered foundation plan concurrent with an application for a "Building Permit" prior to construction of the proposed fence.
Motion Option 2:
I move that the Board of Adjustment deny Case No. 16-BOA-003/WVR-2016-0019 with the finding that it does not meet the Criteria of Section 16-157 for the following reason(s):
1.
CASE SUMMARY
The applicant is requesting a waiver to allow for the construction of an eight-foot solid fence along the rear property line. The Los Alamos County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 16 (Development Code), Section 16-271 (a) establishes a maximum height for solid or open fences or hedges at six (6') feet.
The subject property is the front lot of a 2-lot flag lot, and is located on the west side of North Road. A driveway running along the southern property boundary provides access to a residence situated west of the subject property. There is an existing chain link fence running along the entire length of the rear ...

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