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Council grants two fence variances after neighbors and aldermen debate privacy and precedent
Summary
The council approved an 8-foot privacy fence variance at 40 Schramm and a 6-foot corner-lot chain-link variance at 953 Wentworth, with discussion about precedent, vegetation setbacks and maintenance.
The Calumet City Council voted on two separate residential fence variance requests that drew questions about precedent and neighbor relations.
Director Tillman presented the first request: homeowners at 40 Schramm sought permission to install an 8-foot vinyl privacy fence immediately adjacent to an existing commercial chain-link fence owned by a neighboring furniture business. The cityordinance limits residential fences and requires setbacks in certain conditions; the applicants requested three variances: (1) to install a privacy fence on top of a fence owned by the adjacent property (a "fence on a fence" situation), (2)…
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