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Homewood BZA approves height variances for three Samford University residence projects with conditions
Summary
The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustment approved variances allowing increased building heights for three Samford University residence projects, imposing landscaping, lighting and photometric contingencies and one-year permit windows.
The Homewood City Board of Zoning Adjustment approved variances on June 2 that allow Samford University to build taller residence buildings on campus, with conditions including a photometric plan, lower-profile and shielded exterior lighting, and substantial landscape buffering.
The variances cover three related projects — two West Village buildings and Stadium Village — which Samford said are intended to increase on-campus student housing and preserve a residential campus ethos. "We have a 75 undergraduate occupancy requirement that we have been unable to meet," said Jeff Polacek, associate vice president for construction operations and planning at Samford University, explaining the university's need for the projects.
The university asked the board for increases in maximum heights: 48.5 feet for two West Village buildings and 52.5 feet for Stadium Village, which Samford representatives said are stepped…
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