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Gunter Board of Adjustments denies variance for manufactured home placed in Agricultural/Flood Plain district
Summary
The Board of Adjustments unanimously denied a variance request after staff and members said the manufactured home was placed in the city's Agricultural zoning inside a FEMA-designated floodplain; applicants said the placement was the result of a mistaken city/ETJ determination and asked for a temporary accommodation.
GUNTER, Texas — The Gunter Board of Adjustments on April 17 unanimously denied a variance request to allow a manufactured home to remain on property zoned Agricultural and located within the city’s Flood Plain District.
The application sought relief from Chapter 14A, Article 7 of the city zoning ordinance to permit a manufactured (HUD-classified) dwelling on a lot whose base zoning permits only single-family detached dwellings. City staff explained the home was moved onto the lot without a building permit, and staff said flood-plain rules and the ordinance prevent new above-ground structures in that overlay without a flood study or variance.
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