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Board approves taller retaining walls and slope encroachment variances for 415 Canterbury Rise
Summary
The board approved a variance to allow retaining walls up to approximately 8 feet and also approved an encroachment into areas with slopes greater than 20% at 415 Canterbury Rise, finding exceptional topography and limited buildable area justified relief.
On June 5 the Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals approved two related variance requests for a proposed single‑family house at 415 Canterbury Rise: (1) allow retaining walls taller than the zoning ordinance’s 6‑foot limit in the rear and side yards (walls up to about 8 feet were proposed), and (2) permit encroachments into areas with slopes greater than 20%.
Staff told the board the 1.29‑acre lot lies within the Avalon subdivision and falls inside the 500‑foot buffer of the city’s hillside overlay. Because the lot contains substantial areas…
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