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Zoning board deadlocks on Division Street garage setback variance; applicant denied
Summary
The Kalamazoo Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance request from Carl Wiggins to keep a prefabricated garage 0.5 feet from a side property line at 1114 Division Street. The board voted 3–3 after accepting the finding of fact.
Carl Wiggins, the applicant, asked the City of Kalamazoo Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 13 for a variance to retain a prefabricated garage 0.5 feet from his side property line at 1114 Division Street.
The board’s nut graf: Wiggins said he positioned the garage to align with a neighbor’s structure and to allow a vehicle to drive straight into the unit; city staff and several board members said a conforming alternative location exists on the lot and therefore staff did not recommend approval.
Wiggins told the board he set the garage “1 foot off the property line so it lined up with the driveway” and that his neighbor’s garage…
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