950 E Austin St - 5'2" variance granted to minimum 10' rear yard setback

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RE*- 950 E Austin St- Variance Request Lyle Edwards RT Fitness 950 E Austin St Paris, TX 75460 ACTION REQUESTED: 5'2" variance to minimum 10' rear yard setback. The above -referenced request was approved by the City of Paris Zoning Board of Adjustment ("Board") on 11/5/2024 by a vote of ayes, 0 nays and 00 abstaining. On this date, the Board found that the request met the conditions set forth in the City of Faris Area Regulations Ordinance, Section 9-701(2). Appeal: Any interested person wishing to appeal this Board decision is required to file a petition for Writ of Certiorari in a district court, county court or county court at law within ten (10) days of the date this decision is filed in the Board's office consistent with section 211.011 of the Texas Local Government Code. The Board of Adjustment hereby approves the variance request based upon the following findings. STAFF RECOMMENDATION & FINDINGS 1. The lot is platted. 2. The request for variance is in hannony with the general purposes and intent of the proposed district and will not harm the health, safety and welfare that will protect the character of the immediate vicinity of the area. 3. The applicant has indicated a hardship sought because the building was constructed 37 years ago by St. Joseph hospital and was placed on the site to avoid an existing City of Paris 10" water line running diagonally across the property that required the building to be setback to its present location. Thus,, creating a hardship for future expansion resulting in a special and unique condition of restricted area of the lot, that exist on the subject parcel of land, which are not applicable to other parcels of land in the current Office (0) Zoning District, and which cause unusual and practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship to the use of the property with site improvements and expansions permitted by the ordinance with