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Board approves variance for backyard outbuilding at 303 South Georgia Avenue
Summary
The Martinsburg Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a backyard outbuilding to sit 5 feet from a side property line and to exceed the maximum front setback for an outbuilding at 303 South Georgia Avenue after the applicant and staff described lot constraints and a neighboring owner signaled support by email.
The Martinsburg Board of Zoning Appeals on March 4 approved a variance allowing a backyard outbuilding at 303 South Georgia Avenue to sit 5 feet from a side property line and to exceed the ordinance front-setback requirement.
The applicant, Joshua Murray, told the board his house “sits far too far back” on the lot to meet the front-setback rule and said placing the outbuilding where he proposes would be “both more convenient for myself and I believe would be more acceptable to my neighbors.” Planning staff described the request as an adjustment to the front…
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