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Prescott Board of Adjustment approves reduced setbacks to legalize historic compound

3322861 · May 15, 2025
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Summary

The City of Prescott Board of Adjustment approved a variance to reduce minimum side-yard setbacks from seven feet to five feet for a family-owned historic compound, allowing a revision of parcel lines so existing structures are not bisected by property lines.

The City of Prescott Board of Adjustment on March 20 approved a variance to reduce the minimum yard setback from 7 feet to 5 feet to bring several historic structures into compliance and allow a revision of parcel lines, the board decided in a 6-0 vote.

The variance, filed as V25-5, applies to Article 3, Section 3.6.3(f) of the City of Prescott Land Development Code and will let the property owner replat three existing parcels into two so that buildings no longer straddle lot lines. Tammy Duet, community planner for the city, told the board the structures on the site were built before current zoning and “this will allow them to remain as they are and have the property line going between the 2 houses with a 5 foot setback in between the…

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