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BZA allows 6-foot privacy fence on corner lot if petitioner verifies property line

5957931 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a variance letting a 6-foot opaque privacy fence remain in a corner-side yard at 1305 Cedar St., conditioned on verification that the fence is at least 1 foot inside the property line.

Aaron Yoder received approval from the Elkhart Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 11 to keep a 6-foot opaque privacy fence in a corner-side yard at his property, 1305 Cedar St., on the condition he demonstrates the fence is at least 1 foot inside the property line along Oak Street.

Yoder told the board he replaced an existing 4-foot chain-link fence earlier this year without a permit and that he…

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