Davenport board approves variance for detached garage at 455 S. Fairmont St.

The Davenport Zoning Board of Adjustment on July 10 approved a hardship variance allowing a 30-by-36-foot detached garage to encroach into the corner side yard at 455 South Fairmont Street, subject to conditions requiring use of the existing driveway, paving of any new vehicle areas, and two windows facing Fairmont Street.

The board’s action lets owner Chad Pershing place the accessory structure 23 feet from the Fairmont property line on a corner lot zoned R-3C, where accessory structures are governed by the city’s zoning code sections cited in the staff report. Scott Cope, neighborhood planner for the city, said topography and a desire to avoid additional fill and engineering work were part of the applicant’s justification for the reduced setback.

The var…