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ZBA grants variances tied to townhouse width rule; city to pursue code amendment
Summary
Two petitions for townhouse-lot-width variances were approved April 28 after staff and applicants said a drafting error in the new zoning ordinance added the word “lot,” producing a stricter rule than intended; staff said the city is pursuing a code amendment and developers were granted variances to proceed.
The Tuscaloosa Zoning Board of Adjustments on April 28 approved two related variance requests that applicants and staff said stem from an unintended wording change in the city’s revised zoning ordinance.
Staff explained the current ordinance language reads that “no townhouse lot shall be less than one third as wide as it is deep,” a drafting change that…
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