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Board defers decision on garage setback for 2600 NE 8th St.; applicant to revise design
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board deferred a variance request for a new one-car garage at 2600 Northeast Eighth Street to the November meeting after discussing design changes to reduce impact on a neighboring backyard and to align the garage back wall with the adjacent house.
The Fort Lauderdale Planning and Zoning Board on Wednesday voted to defer action on a requested setback variance for a proposed one-car garage at 2600 Northeast Eighth Street so the applicant can revise the design to reduce impacts on an adjacent backyard.
Shane Ames, the architect for the property owner, told the board the historic 1960 house has never had a garage and that the corner lot’s setbacks leave no practical location for a garage without a variance. Ames said the applicant proposes a one-car garage roughly 10 feet wide and about 30 feet deep (the full structure including storage behind the parking bay is approximately 31 feet 6 inches deep in the plans) tucked into the rear corner and accessed by a driveway that would run along the side of the house. Ames said the garage would be set back from the…
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