Staff recommends side-yard setback variance for 274 Maple Street

Jul 23, 2026

The Hapeville Planning Commission reviewed a variance request from Kenton Covert to reduce the side-yard setback at 274 Maple Street. Staff described the house as a long-standing nonconforming structure built in 1950 and recommended granting the small stoop expansion; no formal vote on the variance appears in the transcript.

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A staff member told the Hapeville Planning Commission that "Kenton Kenton Covert is requesting a variance to reduce the required setback for the water plot at 274 Maple Street, parcel ID 1 40094009035." The application was presented as a request to allow a small front stoop that would enlarge the home's footprint into the side-yard setback.

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