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Board of Adjustment approves variance to shift lot line at 2280 Riverside Drive for shop addition
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a lot line adjustment affecting a landlocked parcel at 2280 Riverside Drive so the property owner can add onto an existing detached shop. Staff had recommended denial and presented alternatives including replatting; the board voted 5-0 to approve the variance after finding the required criteria
The Laramie Board of Adjustment on Monday approved a variance that allows a lot line adjustment affecting a landlocked parcel at 2280 Riverside Drive, enabling the property owner to expand an existing detached shop.
The case: City staff presented a request for a variance from Laramie Municipal Code section 15 16 40 g (the code language provided to the board) to allow a lot line adjustment that would not give the resulting parcel legal frontage on a public right-of-way. Staff recommended denial and told the board the standard path would be preliminary and final platting to create legal access; staff estimated that platting could take several months and incur engineering and application fees.
Why it mattered: Staff said the code requires legal access for newly formed parcels and warned that approving a variance could set a precedent, complicate future permits and resale. The applicant, who owns the adjacent parcels, said the requested change is limited, would not create new development or permit a…
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