Hearing board approves rear‑setback and tiny lot‑coverage variance for Spring Valley home

Oct 20, 2026

The board granted a 6‑foot rear‑yard setback variance and a 0.3% lot‑coverage variance for 2342 Spring Valley Road, allowing a 21-by-12 three‑season room to be added to a 9,583‑sq‑ft lot; the applicant amended the application mid-hearing to include the lot-coverage variance.

The full story

The East Hempfield Township Zoning Hearing Board granted variances for a residential addition at 2342 Spring Valley Road during its Sept. 21 hearing. The board approved a six‑foot variance to the rear-yard setback (resulting in a 29‑foot rear setback) and a 0.3% increase in maximum lot coverage to allow the proposed 21-by-12 three-season room.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in