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Commission denies Third Street waiver request that would have raised impervious coverage and reduced rear setback
Summary
The commission voted 4‑1 to deny a homeowner’s request to reduce a rear setback from 20 to 9 feet and raise the lot’s impervious surface ratio from 60% to 63%; staff and the floodplain reviewer had raised concerns about drainage and precedent.
The City Commission on Aug. 4 denied a waiver request from 2410/521 Third Street North seeking a reduced rear setback and a slight increase in the property’s impervious surface ratio.
Homeowner Ed Offner proposed a screened porch addition that would reduce the rear setback from 20 feet to 9 feet and add roughly 155 square feet of impervious surface, raising the lot’s impervious-surface ratio from about 58% to 63% (the code maximum without a pool is 60%). Offner said the design…
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