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Homewood BZA denies variance request for privacy fence on Eighth Avenue South
Summary
The Board denied a request to legalize a privacy fence set above the allowable height because it was built atop a newly constructed retaining wall; the applicant said neighbors had signed letters of approval but the board voted not to grant the variance.
The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustment on June 2 denied a variance that would have legalized an existing privacy fence built atop a new engineered retaining wall at a property on Eighth Avenue South (case SV250602).
Applicant representatives described the work as part of a backyard renovation and said they believed the fence was covered by the building permit for the retaining wall. Danny Treywick, vice president of engineering with GSLD Land Management, explained the…
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