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Homeowners cite flooding, ask county to reduce shed side-yard setback to 3 feet
Summary
Porter petitioners asked the hearing officer to grant a variance reducing the interior side setback for a new shed from 10 feet to about 3 feet because much of their 0.7-acre lot floods; the officer said he was inclined to approve and set the recommendation for Aug. 20.
Homeowners asking to place a new shed within roughly 3 feet of an interior side lot line told the DuPage County zoning hearing July 16 that a 10-foot setback would force them to place the shed in a flood-prone or steep area of their 0.7-acre lot.
The hearing officer read the petition and two exhibits — a survey (the officer noted it appears to be about 25 years old) and a…
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