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Zoning board approves Starkers' variance to build patio in steep-slope area at 15 Greenbrier Drive
Summary
The Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing the Starker family to construct a terrace and flat play area that will disturb about 2,400 square feet of steep slopes across the lot, subject to plan revisions shifting a boulder wall to reduce slope disturbance and to landscaping conditions.
Vice Chair Miriam Zahn and the City of Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 21 approved a variance allowing homeowners Christina and Lee Starker to create an at‑grade patio and adjacent play area at 15 Greenbrier Drive that will increase steep‑slope disturbance on the lot.
The Starkers sought permission to grade and landscape a wooded pocket on the west side of their 27,910‑square‑foot lot to create a usable lawn and patio. Board documents and testimony from civil engineer Peter Korzen put the combined steep‑slope disturbance at about 2,400 square feet (2,100 square feet for the new work plus a previously approved 300 square feet), or roughly 7.6% of the lot. Korzen told the board the site contains “almost 30%” steep slopes overall and said the patio location was chosen…
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