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Madison County board grants setback variance for Schwab property to allow single-story home
Summary
The Madison County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance reducing the required setback from 100 feet to 50 feet for a 4.398-acre, grandfathered parcel so applicants Robert K. Schwab Jr. and Edith L. Schwab can build a single-story residence; the board noted existing site constraints including power lines, septic placement and steep slope.
Madison County’s Board of Zoning Appeals on the evening of the meeting approved a variance allowing Robert K. Schwab Jr. and Edith L. Schwab to locate a new single-story residence 50 feet from the roadway where the county ordinance requires 100 feet.
The board approved the variance after the applicants described site constraints and said the parcel is a nonconforming, grandfathered lot of about 4.398 acres. The applicants told the board the house will be single-story and that septic approval for the proposed drainfield is already in the…
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