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ZBA allows 6-foot fence on Boxwood Place corner with required exterior screening and as-built survey

3833600 · May 7, 2025
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Summary

The Zoning Board of Appeals approved Maxwell and Whitney Buckley's request to install a 6-foot PVC fence on a corner lot at 31 Boxwood Place, conditioned on exterior planting to soften the appearance, a minimum planting size, no planting on village property and final as-built verification.

The Rye Brook Zoning Board of Appeals on May 6 granted a variance to Maxwell and Whitney Buckley to install a six‑foot white PVC fence along the Fairlawn Parkway frontage of their corner lot at 31 Boxwood Place, but conditioned the approval on landscaping and an as-built survey to confirm the fence sits within the applicants' property line.

Max Buckley told the board the family seeks a uniform six-foot fence around the yard for privacy and safety for their two dogs and because they are expecting a child. "We were just asking for the extra 2 feet," Buckley said, describing the Fairlawn-facing side as technically a front yard because the lot is a corner and the…

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