Board grants front-yard setback variance for Saratoga Drive homeowner
Owner Xiao Huang won a variance to reduce the front-yard setback at 2805 Saratoga Drive after presenting that the 1970-built house predates current 40-foot setback rules and that the new small deck would remain farther than 22 feet from the street.
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The Board of Adjustments voted to grant a variance reducing the front-yard setback for 2805 Saratoga Drive, allowing a constructed front deck and entrance. Owner Xiao Huang described the house as built in 1970 with an original building placement about 15 feet from the street and said the deck was constructed in June 2025 after design and permitting confusion: "The drawings were finalized in February, 2025, and the new entrance was constructed in June 2025," Huang said, explaining efforts to bring the project into compliance after a permit rejection.
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