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Zoning board denies request to keep waterfront awning at 26457 West River Road
Summary
The Grosse Ile Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-3 on Sept. 23 to deny a variance allowing a covered, unenclosed shade structure in the waterfront yard at 26457 West River Road, concluding the applicant did not meet the ordinance tests for a variance.
GROSSE ILE, Mich. — The Grosse Ile Township Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 23 denied an appeal from homeowner Frank Consesci to retain a covered, unenclosed shade structure in his waterfront yard at 26457 West River Road, voting 4-3.
Township planner Brian Borden told the board the structure is “essentially a nonconforming structure” that is not listed among permitted waterfront buildings under the township zoning ordinance and that the petitioner reinstalled it after removing it during repair work. Borden said the application did not demonstrate the required variance tests — practical difficulty, substantial justice or…
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