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Zoning hearing officer signals likely approval for Lyle Township homeowner’s garage setback variance
Summary
A zoning hearing officer closed a virtual hearing on a request to reduce the interior side setback for a detached garage in Lyle Township and said a recommendation is likely to be approved at a July 16 committee meeting; building-department concerns about fire-rating will be addressed at permitting.
A zoning hearing officer closed a virtual public hearing on a request to reduce an interior side setback for a new detached garage at 5512 Essex Road in Lyle Township, and said the officer is "somewhat sympathetic" and that "it's likely that I'll recommend the case be approved." The request would reduce the required 9-foot interior side setback to about 1.2 feet to replace an existing detached garage on the existing concrete slab.
The variance application, filed as case Z-25-O-37 and published in the Daily Arrow on June 17, 2025, concerns a property of roughly 0.7 acre served by a private well and septic system. Zoning hearing officer (name not provided) said building-department comments on fire-rating and interior wall requirements are…
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