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St. Joseph County board approves variance allowing accessory structures during 3-year window for new home
Summary
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance enabling existing accessory structures to remain temporarily without a primary dwelling on a newly created 3-acre lot at 20501 Kern Road, conditioned on construction of a single-family home within three years.
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals on July 9 approved a variance that allows existing accessory buildings to remain on a newly created 3-acre lot at 20501 Kern Road so long as a single-family home is built on the lot within three years.
Area Plan Commission Director Sean Klein said the property is about 30 acres and the petitioner plans to subdivide roughly 3 acres from the southwest corner so a family member can live nearer to the parent parcel. "We recommend approval on the condition that a single family home be built on proposed lot 2 within 3 years," Klein said, describing the staff recommendation and the legal criteria the office applied.
Klein told the board the proposed split…
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