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Kokomo City approves 3-foot front-setback variance for house built slightly forward of Maple Street
Summary
The city approved a variance allowing a house already built to remain 3 feet closer to Maple Street than zoning requires after a surveyor error rotated the building; neighbors raised concerns about survey stakes and property lines.
A Kokomo City hearing approved a variance to reduce the front-yard setback by 3 feet for a house built on Maple Street after a survey error rotated the structure from its intended position.
The decision allows the house, represented at the hearing by Wyatt Johnson, to remain where it is instead of being demolished and rebuilt to meet the ordinance’s setback requirement. "The house would have to be demolished to comply with the strict intent of the zoning ordinance," Johnson said, saying the staking error was made by the contractor's surveyor.
The variance matters because, according to city staff findings presented at the hearing, the requested reduction "will not create any safety hazards and will meet vision clearance requirements." The staff memo, read into the record, said the…
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