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Board approves variance for detached garage on lot without primary structure
Summary
The Saint John Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3-0 to approve a developmental variance allowing a detached garage to be built on a parcel that does not contain a primary residence, after the contractor and a neighbor addressed survey and setback concerns.
Board member John Gill moved and a fellow board member seconded to approve a developmental variance that lets homeowners Joseph and Rachel Balsitis build a detached garage on a parcel without a primary structure at 909750 Acorn Drive. The Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3-0 to grant the variance.
The vote came after the contractor for the homeowners, Eamon of The Garage Guys, explained the project and its compliance with accessory-structure setbacks. "We're proposing to put this garage up," Eamon said, describing…
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