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Zoning board denies rear-yard variance for North Main historic home
Summary
The Bowling Green Zoning Board of Appeals denied a request by Matthew and Jennifer Grimes to build a 30-by-24-foot attached garage that would have reduced the required 20-foot rear-yard setback to about 6 feet, citing the size of the variance and concerns about neighborhood character.
The Bowling Green Zoning Board of Appeals on an August 2025 evening denied a variance request from Matthew and Jennifer Grimes of 707 North Main Street to build a 30-by-24-foot attached garage that would encroach 14 feet into the 20-foot rear-yard setback.
The board’s planning director outlined the zoning standard at the start of the hearing, saying the property is in the PR (pedestrian residential) district and that the minimum rear-yard setback for the district is 20 feet (zoning code: article 2, district and zone regulation, section 150.34). The Grimeses testified they wanted the attached garage mainly for storage and vehicle parking and described constraints in the home, including a dirt-floor basement with limited, hard-to-access storage.
The hearing focused…
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