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Prescott City Board denies 2-foot driveway setback reduction in Pinnacle Lakes
Summary
The Prescott City Board of Adjustments voted 5–1 to deny a variance request to reduce a required garage/driveway setback from 22 feet to 20 feet in the Pinnacle Lakes subdivision, citing public-safety concerns about vehicles encroaching into the public way.
The Prescott City Board of Adjustments on March 20 denied a variance request to shorten a required garage/driveway setback in the Pinnacle Lakes subdivision, voting 5–1 against reducing the setback from 22 feet to 20 feet for a new single-family residence.
City staff presented the request as a variance to the subdivision plat for Pinnacle at Prescott Lakes Unit 2 Phase 2B. Tammy DeWitt, Community Planner, told the board that planned-area-development rules for the subdivision require garages be set back 22 feet so larger vehicles and trucks can park without extending into the public right-of-way. DeWitt said staff’s review found a potential hazard if a longer vehicle or one with a hitch projected into the sidewalk or roadway; staff had received one letter of opposition included in the meeting packet and had mailed notices to property owners within 300 feet.
The applicant, Chad Devries of Southwest…
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