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Zoning board splits on Sunnymeade setback; rehearing scheduled after tie on reduced variance
Summary
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals did not reach the four-vote threshold to grant a reduced street-setback variance for a Sunnymeade Drive lot, and the board scheduled a rehearing for July 17 so absent members can review the record.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday failed to secure the four votes required to grant a reduced street-setback variance for a house proposed at 1295 Sunnymeade Drive, and the board left the item on its docket for rehearing on July 17.
The appeal concerns a requested variance from the contextual street-setback standard in an RS 7.5 district. The zoning administrator’s materials show a contextual average setback of about 33 feet; the applicant sought a 21-foot setback, a 12-foot reduction from the contextual average. Applicant representative Brandon Scott said the house must move forward to get the dwelling off a creek that runs through the lot and to meet flood-elevation requirements: “The goal,…
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