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Department of Zoning
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596
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PLEASE PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF YOUR REQUEST ON
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ZONED: R a ORDINANCE SECTION:
Board of Zoning Appeals Date: 1/5_/.15
( ) Special Permit ( ✓j Variance
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2) VA-95-09 . E Outka and Oliver Pollard (owners) , Located on the NE
side of Rt. 677 , (1545 Old Ballard Road) at its inters with West
Leigh Dr. TM59/P5, zoned RA. Applicant requests a variance to
reduce the side yard from 25 ft to 19 ft. \qlr\
DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: P}‘C,V►ciA
JUSTIFICATION SHALL BE BASED ON THESE THREE (3) CRITERIA:
1) That the strict application of this ordinance would produce
undue hardship.
2) That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties
in the same zoning district and the same vicinity.
3) That the authorization of such variance will not be of
substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the
character of the district will not be changed by the granting
of the variance.
The application may be deferred by the staff or the Board of
Zoning Appeals, if sufficient information necessary to this review
has not be submitted by the deadline.
I hereby certify that the information provided on this application
and accompanying information is accurate, true and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
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Signa rp #
Elizabeth Outka
Variance Request
1545 Old Ballard Rd.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST:
We are requesting a six foot variance from the set-back requirement for our side-lot.
We want to build an addition that would extend seven feet from the side of the house. We
have twenty-eight feet of land on the side where we need to build, and the set-back requirement is
twenty-five feet. Thus, the addition would extend four feet over the set-back line. We are
requesting a six foot variance to ensure the addition would be well within the limits.
The house is a small,old farmhouse(built 1920) at 1545 Old Ballard Rd.
1. The strict application of this ordinance would produce undue hardship for several reasons:
A. Currently,the sole bathroom in the house only has room for a tub and a toilet; the sink
is in the hall, outside the master bedroom. This is an extreme hardship now,but will be
impossibly cramped when we have young children who need assistance in the bathroom,as the
current bathroom barely fits one adult. There is no room for an adult and a child within the
bathroom, nor is there room for a booster in the hall for a child to reach the sink.
A small addition would allow us to put the sink in the bathroom, as well as add a half-bath
downstairs.
B. Right now, we have more of a dining space than a dining room. There is not enough
space for more than two people to dine comfortably.
When we have children,the crowding problem will become an even greater hardship.
Putting a high chair in this space will make things impossibly cramped.
A small addition would allow us to expand the existing dining room.
Why we can't build on the other three sides of the house:
The Back of the house:
A. Continued Hardship:
Building off the back would not allow us to remove the bathroom sink from the hall
--you could only reach a new bathroom at the back of the house by walking through the master
bedroom.
If we attempted to build a dining room onto the back of the house, with a bathroom
upstairs, we would have to walk from the kitchen,through the existing dining space, down two
steps, and across the family room, with food and dishes.
B. Trees:
Two old growth red maples shade the back of the house. Both of these would have
their roots damaged by an addition on the back of the house, and might have to be removed to
permit an addition.
C. Preserving the original architectural style of the house:
If we add on to the back, we would be adding out from an existing addition. The
house would become unusually long, and would severely diminish the character of the original house.
The Other Side:
A. Continued Hardship:
We would not be able to expand the existing bathroom or the dining room, leaving
us with the original problem which gave rise to the variance.
The new bathroom could only be reached by walking through another bedroom.
Elizabeth Outka
Variance Request
1545 Old Ballard Rd.
B. Preserving the original architectural style of the house:
Again,building off the other side of the house (the side which you see from the
road) would destroy the look of the original farmhouse. We'd also have to dismantle part of the
porch.
The Front:
A. Continued Hardship:
If we attempted to build onto the front of the house, the dining room would again
be far from the kitchen. The bathroom would only be accessible through one bedroom.
B. Preserving the original architectural style of the house:
We would have to dismantle the front porch. Unless we restructured the whole
front of the house, the entire character of the house would be ruined.
2. Most of the houses in our neighborhood are relatively new, and were originally designed with
indoor plumbing. Our house was built in 1920,without any indoor plumbing planned.
Plumbing was added later(we think around 1978), and had to be fit into the existing house. We
highly doubt that any house in the neighborhood shares our problems (sink in the hall,etc.).
3. The border we share with our neighbors is well-shielded by trees and bushes. An addition of
seven feet would cause no detriment to the adjacent property. We have talked with our neighbors
several times about the addition, and have shown them detailed plans of what we would like to
build. They have NO problems with it(they'd be happy to write a letter expressing this if you
need it).
We have asked them if they would consider a land swap, which would allow us to avoid
asking for a variance. They have refused.
The addition would not in any way change the character of the district. The addition itself
would be very hard to see from the street, as evergreens block most of the view from that side.
Actually, an addition on any other side of the house would, in fact, change the look of the house,
and would adversely impact the character of the district.
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