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Board of Zoning Appeals approves 8-foot rear-setback variance for Chatham Hills lot
Summary
The Westfield Board of Zoning Appeals voted to grant an 8-foot variance to the 30-foot minimum rear-yard setback for a 0.26-acre lot in the Chatham Hills Planned Unit Development so a production home plan can be built without a future variance if a patio is enclosed.
The Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a variance allowing a home to encroach 8 feet into the 30-foot minimum rear-yard setback for a 0.26-acre lot in the Chatham Hills planned unit development. The motion carried on a roll call vote with four affirmative votes and no dissent.
The variance was requested so a not-yet-built single-family detached home from a production builder can be sited on a lot that narrows at its midpoint along Chatham Shore Lane, and to avoid a future separate variance if a homeowner later encloses an open-air patio. Dane Crabtree of the Community Development Department told the board the home “still encroaches approximately 4 feet into the rear yard setback” and that the petitioner requested an additional…
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