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Board holds over appeal by March family on short-term rental nonconforming status
Summary
The Mobile Board of Adjustment held over for 30 days an administrative appeal by the March family seeking recognition of a carriage-house short-term rental as a legal nonconforming use. City staff and applicants’ counsel presented competing legal interpretations about whether the use was lawful before the Unified Development Code.
The Mobile City Board of Adjustment on Monday voted to hold over for 30 days an administrative appeal by Carrie and Charlotte March asking the board to recognize a carriage‑house short‑term rental on their property as a legal nonconforming use.
The Marches, represented by attorneys Carrie Kamanas and Casey Pipes of Helmsing Leach, told the board the carriage house was used as a rental beginning in 2018 and that the family began remitting lodging taxes in February 2019. They argued that, because the rental predates the Unified Development Code (UDC) adopted in March 2023, the use is eligible for legal nonconforming status and should not…
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