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Board grants variance to allow 28‑foot front setback for Terrace Lane house addition
Summary
An Area Board of Zoning Appeals approved a request Aug. 13 to reduce the front‑yard setback at 54118 Terrace Lane from 35 feet to 28 feet to permit a kitchen addition and covered porch; staff had recommended denial citing neighborhood character, but the board granted the variance after petitioner testimony about internal constraints.
The Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Aug. 13 granted a variance reducing the required front setback from 35 feet to 28 feet for a home at 54118 Terrace Lane to allow a kitchen expansion and a covered porch.
Fariel Sharif, Area Planning Commission staff, presented the petition and said staff recommended denial based principally on the second statutory criterion: that the encroachment would deviate from the established character of the neighborhood because adjacent homes…
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