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Board of Adjustment, Panel C · 10:30 AM · 6ES - Council Briefing

Board of Adjustment Panel C reviewed five zoning special exception and variance cases at its May 18, 2026 meeting, covering a commercial parking reduction, fence and visibility obstruction exceptions, and single-family variances. One case was denied after failing on a split vote and another carried only on 4-1 votes; staff recommended denial on both single-family variance requests.
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Analysis

Key Decisions

The Board approved both special exceptions to visibility obstruction regulations sought by Travis Ripley at 5003 Worth Street, though each motion carried on a 4-1 split vote rather than unanimously.
Adam Panter's request for an 8-foot fence in a required front yard at 7202 Duffield Drive was denied after the case was moved from the uncontested docket to individual consideration and the approval motion failed 3-2.

Zoning

Jennifer Hiromoto sought a special exception to off-street parking requirements for a mixed-use commercial redevelopment at 1715/1805 Market Center Boulevard and 1800 Irving Boulevard, requesting barely more than half of the code-required parking.

Housing

Two single-family variance requests came before the board with staff recommending denial in both cases: Robert Baldwin's oversized accessory structure at 4710 Dorset Road, and Hakim Mehmood's reduced side yard setback for new construction at 12450 High Meadow Drive.

Charts & Data

10 items(11 procedural hidden)

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Board of Adjustment application (BOA-25-000071) by Jennifer Hiromoto seeking a 195-space (46%) special exception to off-street parking requirements at 1715, 1805 Market Center Boulevard and 1800 Irving Boulevard, proposing 229 of the required 424 spaces to serve restaurant, retail, office showroom, and warehouse uses in PD-621.

Carried: 5 to 0

Board of Adjustment case BOA-26-000009 in which Travis E. Ripley seeks two special exceptions to the 20-foot visibility obstruction regulations at 5003 Worth Street to construct or maintain a fence near a drive approach and a street-alley intersection; staff offers no recommendation.

Carried: 4 to 1

Board of Adjustment case BOA-26-000021 in which Adam Panter requests a 4-foot special exception to fence height regulations at 7202 Duffield Drive, to permit an 8-foot fence in a required front yard within an R-7.5(A) zoning district.

Carried: 5 to 0

Robert Baldwin seeks a variance at 4710 Dorset Road to allow an accessory structure with 2,139 sq ft of floor area (50.1% of the main structure), exceeding the R-1ac(A) zoning limit of 25% and requiring a 1,072 sq ft variance. Staff recommends denial.

Carried: 5 to 0

Board of Adjustment case BOA-26-000019 in which Hakim Mehmood seeks a 4-foot variance to the required 6-foot side yard setback at 12450 High Meadow Drive to accommodate a single-family residential structure; staff recommends denial.

Carried: 5 to 0

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