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Kokomo zoning board approves front-porch variance for 2220 South Wabash Avenue

5535291 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a 10-by-21-foot porch enclosure to extend into the front-yard setback at 2220 South Wabash Avenue after the petitioner and staff argued the change would not harm surrounding properties and cited a practical difficulty created by the lot's corner status.

The Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Kokomo on a voice vote approved a variance allowing a 10-by-21-foot porch enclosure to extend into the front-yard setback at 2220 South Wabash Avenue. The petitioner, Robert Branson, asked for relief from the R-4 zone front-yard setback standards to add the covered porch.

Branson told the board he lives at 2220 South Wabash Avenue and described the proposed porch as "an offset A-frame 21 foot by 10 foot front porch" and said the project would shelter the front steps from rain and snow. He…

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