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Board grants 6-foot fence at Rockville Road home but continues storage request
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to allow a 6-foot front-yard fence at 6805 Rockville Road but continued consideration of a broader outdoor/indoor storage variance, asking the petitioner to limit vehicle size and ownership and to return Nov. 4 with clarified commitments.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 1 on Wednesday granted a variance allowing a six-foot fence and electric gate in the front yard of 6805 Rockville Road but continued the petition that would permit indoor/outdoor storage of landscaping equipment and materials until the board’s Nov. 4 hearing.
The petitioner, Margarito Galindo, sought two approvals: (A) a variance to allow outdoor and indoor storage of lawn-care equipment, materials and machinery at the property and (B) a variance to legalize a six-foot, opaque privacy fence that staff had cited as exceeding the 42-inch front-yard limit. The board split its consideration and continued the storage portion while approving the fence with conditions limiting storage to a single work truck and trailer described during the hearing.
Why it matters: Neighbors and the petitioner’s attorney debated whether the property would be used as an extension of an existing landscaping…
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