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ZVAR 2026-23 5025 Alta Vista Avenue

Description

A property owner sought a ten-foot combined fence-and-retaining-wall height, a fence above six feet in the second front yard of a through lot, and a staircase encroaching 7.5 feet into the twenty-five-foot setback.

Impact summary

Resolves an erosion-control retaining wall built without full awareness of through-lot rules; several neighbors opposed.

Applicant

Name
Katherine Mapula
Address
5025 Alta Vista AvenueSee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Last vote · Planning & Zoning Commission

Approved5–2

Last discussed Jul 23, 2026.

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