A use permit has been approved to reduce the required rear yard setback from 15 feet to 12 feet to add to a patio at a single-family home in Tempe.
The Tempe Development Review Commission voted unanimously Oct. 8 to approve the permit for the home at 1710 S. Granada Drive in the single-family residential zoning district.
A use permit is required to reduce the rear yard setback to accommodate an attached patio addition, Project Planner Lucas Jensen wrote in a memo to the commission.
“The property consists of one single-family residence. A correction notice was issued for unpermitted work including a patio addition in the rear. This patio addition does not meet the current rear yard setback requirement of the R1-6 single-family residential zoning district; therefore, a use permit is required to reduce the rear yard setback by 20%,” it states.
The applicant is Steve Tucker Design.
The porch design is consistent with the neighborhood and existing structure as it was designed to match the larger existing porch, according to a letter from Steve Tucker Design.
“No nuisances will arise from the use of the new patio/porch area as it will be used primarily for accessing the rear yard and pool area at the other end of the yard. The main purpose of the porch is to block out direct western sunlight through bedroom window,” it states.
The Tempe Development Review Commission holds public meetings and hearings to provide analysis and recommendations to the City Council regarding general land use policies and applications. It renders final decisions on applications where the commission has final decision-making power, including, but not limited to, all aspects of a proposed and future development. The commission carries out the provisions and intent of the general plan and the zoning and development code, according to the city’s website.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. To voice your opinion on this story, connect with us at AzOpinions@iniusa.org.
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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