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Board grants variance for second-story addition at 1016 Dolores Avenue after hearing on stream buffer and sewer easement constraints
Summary
The Olivette Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a side-yard variance July 10 to allow a second-floor addition at 1016 Dolores Avenue, finding the lot’s irregular shape, a creek stream buffer and an MSD sewer easement constrained buildable area.
OLIVETTE, Mo. — The City of Olivette Board of Adjustment voted unanimously July 10 to grant a side-yard setback variance that allows a second-story addition at 1016 Dolores Avenue.
The board approved a variance of 9.97 feet along the north property line to permit a second-floor addition to an existing house. The owners, Jason and Denise Coustos, sought the variance because the lot’s configuration, a 25-foot stream buffer along a creek on the south side and an MSD sewer easement constrain where they can expand.
Staff described the lot as nonstandard in shape and noted a prior boundary adjustment in 2022 increased the lot width along the street from about 50 feet to 99.7 feet. That change increased the required side-yard…
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