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Anchorage zoning board grants three variances for Girdwood home despite staff denial recommendation for deck
Summary
The Municipality of Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals approved three dimensional variances for a Girdwood property on Feb. 13, allowing an existing house and an attached garage addition to remain within multiple setbacks and permitting a 30-year-old lower deck to remain in the stream-side setback.
The Municipality of Anchorage Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals on Feb. 13 approved three dimensional variances for a Girdwood property on Timberline Drive owned by Alan Arnold, allowing encroachments into front, riparian edge and stream-side setbacks.
The board approved variance 1, to allow the existing structure to encroach 13.8 feet and an attached addition to encroach 10 feet into a 20-foot front setback, by a 6-0 vote; variance 2, to allow the existing structure and addition to encroach into the 25-foot riparian edge zone setback, by a 6-0 vote; and variance 3, to allow a lower deck to encroach 20 feet into the 25-foot stream-side setback, by a 5-1 vote. Staff recommended approval of variances 1 and 2 subject to conditions but recommended denial of variance 3 because it found standards C and H were not met.
The variances concern a property…
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