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Zoning board split: Sambor denied variance; Gorsuch granted a setback variance — council to vote on Sambor at full meeting
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals denied Paul Sambor’s request for a 1,440‑square‑foot detached garage and multiple setback variances; the board granted Jenna Gorsuch a three‑foot side‑yard variance for a 240‑square‑foot deck due to a steep slope. The council heard public comment and deferred final action on the Sambor item to the full meeting.
The Planning, Zoning and Economic Development committee reviewed two recent Zoning Board of Appeals decisions: a denied variance for a large detached garage and an approved variance for a small deck. Council will consider the Sambor variance again during the full council meeting later in the agenda.
Resident applicant Paul Sambor of 625 Ridgeview Drive asked council to reconsider the ZBA’s denial of his request for a 1,440‑square‑foot detached garage. Sambor said his 66,336‑square‑foot lot would allow up to 2,000 square feet of accessory structures under city code (an 800‑square‑foot detached garage plus two…
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