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ZBA approves rear-setback variance for 363 W. Big Beaver apartment addition
Summary
Troy’s Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance allowing an apartment addition at 363 West Big Beaver to encroach into the required 40-foot rear setback (approved to 0 feet) after the applicant argued an exclusive easement and existing site conditions made the buildable area constrained. Vote was 6-1 to grant.
At its May 2025 meeting the Troy City Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance allowing a residential addition at 363 West Big Beaver to be set at the rear property line rather than the ordinance-required 40-foot rear setback.
Architect John Marusich of Marusich Architecture told the board the site is unusual because the applicant holds a recorded, exclusive-use easement on the adjacent rear area that effectively functions as the property’s usable rear yard. He said the easement has been on title for more than 20 years and that the adjoining property owner (a commercial property/hotel) supports the project. Marusich described the proposal as a mixed-use infill that links an existing building, parking and a new residential tower and…
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