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Board of Adjustment approves setback variance for proposed Littleton mountain home
Summary
Jefferson County Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing reduced front and rear setbacks at 13880 North Trail Circle in Littleton after staff found topography and lot shape created practical difficulty; neighbors raised concerns about access, trespass and wildfire risk.
The Jefferson County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to approve a variance allowing reduced front and rear setbacks for a proposed single‑family home at 13880 North Trail Circle in Littleton.
Alexander Folkes, the county case manager for the application, told the board staff found an “exceptional practical difficulty and undue hardship” tied to the parcel’s shape and steep slopes and recommended approval “subject to the conditions set in the staff report.”
The applicant, Darren Strauss, said the variance is needed to build what he described as his family’s future home on a roughly 40.81‑acre property he bought seven or eight years earlier. “I appreciate the information that Alex just provided and [I’m] seeking approval here so that we can build our…
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