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Applicant asks to shrink front setback to preserve trees; board defers decision
Summary
Detweiler Contracting LLC requested a variance to reduce the required 100-foot front setback to 50 feet for a new home on Cow Road to avoid removing mature trees and to avoid building on a slope; the board voted to defer the application and asked the applicant to refile at a larger setback.
An application from Detweiler Contracting LLC asking to reduce the required 100-foot front setback to 50 feet for a proposed new home on Cow Road in Mecklenburg County was presented to the zoning panel on May 27, 2025, and the panel voted to defer the request so the applicant can refile with a smaller reduction.
The request matters because the applicant said complying with the 100-foot setback would require removing mature Leyland cypress and pine trees and place the house on a slope; the applicant asked the board to allow a 50-foot setback to keep the house…
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