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Auburn board grants variance for large accessory building after procedural confusion

5935113 · October 2, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a variance allowing Joby Watson to build a large accessory structure at 8342 Osceola Court after discussion about lot nonconformity and a brief procedural question about supernumerary voting.

The City of Auburn Board of Zoning Adjustments on Oct. 1 voted to grant a variance to allow a property owner to build a new, 1,440-square-foot accessory structure at 8342 Osceola Court.

The variance affects the zoning rule that limits the total floor area of accessory structures to 50% of a principal dwelling’s floor area. Planning staff reported the applicant’s existing and proposed accessory structures total about 2,298 square feet, compared with the house’s reported size of roughly 2,012 square feet, producing a variance request of about 64%. Planning staff said the applicant intends to…

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