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Donald and Kris Hyatt, applicants and property owners, are requesting variance approval for a 6-ft wall to be constructed along the street facing side yard of 203 Chamisa St., Los Alamos, NM. The Development Code, Section 16-59 restricts the height to 3-ft, max. The property, BM1 105, is within the Barranca Mesa 1 Subdivision, and is zoned Single-Family Residential (SFR-2).
Property Owners
Donald and Kris Hyatt
Applicant
Donald and Kris Hyatt
Case Manager
Desirae J. Lujan, Senior Planner
Possible Actions
In accordance with Section 16-69(b)(6) the Planning and Zoning Commission shall take any one of the following actions based on the applicable decision criteria of the application:
1. Approve the development application as presented.
2. Approve the development application with conditions. In granting conditional approval, the Planning and Zoning Commission may only impose such conditions as are reasonably necessary to meet the approval criteria of the specific procedures.
3. Denial of the Application.
4. Defer the matter to a date no more than 60 calendar days following its first appearance on the agenda, unless a longer deferral is accepted by the applicant.
Decision Criteria
a. The variance will not be contrary to the public safety, health, or welfare.
b. The variance will not undermine the intent of this Code, the applicable zone district, other county adopted policies or plans, or violate the building code.
c. Granting of the variance will not cause an intrusion into any utility or other easement unless approved by the owner of the easement.
d. The variance request is caused by unusual physical characteristics or a hardship inherent in the lot or lot improvements and the peculiarity or hardship has not been self-imposed.
e. The variance will not create any significant adverse impacts on properties within the vicinity.
f. Granting of the approved variance is the minimum necessary easing of the Code requirements making possible the reasonable ...
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