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Decatur zoning board denies variance for Church Street lot after neighbors raise nuisance concerns
Summary
The Board of Zoning and Adjustments denied Donald Garner’s request to build a single-family home on a Church Street lot because he did not provide a survey showing the house placement and the lot is out of compliance; neighbors told the board they already experience vandalism and loud noise at the site.
The Board of Zoning and Adjustments to the City of Decatur on a vote of 4-1 denied a variance request from Donald Garner to build a single-family home on a lot on Church Street NW after board members said the applicant had not submitted a survey showing the proposed house placement and the lot is currently not in compliance with city rules.
The decision matters to neighbors and developers because the block is near multiple public investments and planned improvements; several residents told the board they feared approving a variance now would worsen ongoing nuisance problems. “My home was vandalized,” neighbor Franzetta Jones said, and she described repeated…
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