Board OKs variance to reestablish two-family use at disputed Sandusky property

The City of Sandusky Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve an application to reestablish a two-family dwelling at a property listed on the agenda as 1225 West Austin Street; the applicant told the board the parcel address is 1225 West Osborne Street.

Planning staff told the board the property is zoned R-140 (single-family residential) and that section 112903 permits only one-family dwellings in the R-140 district. Staff said the house historically functioned as a duplex but had been vacant for more than a year, which removed its certificate of legal nonconformance. Staff recommended approval “with the following condition: 1, all applicable permits are obtained through the building department, engineering department, and any other applicable agency prior to construction.”

Applicant George Scott Brown told the board he acquired the property through the city's…