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Flexible-setback request to save 24-inch oak at 6 AD Street fails on 3'3 vote
Summary
The board considered a flexible-setback application to reduce the front setback from 20 feet to 17.5 feet at 6 AD Street to preserve a 24-inch oak on a neighboring lot; after lengthy public comment and technical questions about surveys and topography, the motion failed 3'3 on a roll call.
The Planning & Zoning Board considered Application E, a request to apply the city's flexible-setback rule to reduce a required 20-foot front setback to 17.5 feet at 6 AD Street so the applicant could preserve a large oak tree sited near the property line on an adjacent lot.
Why it mattered: The applicant, Craig Thompson, said the allowance would protect a 24-inch-diameter oak and argued the code's flexible-setback provisions were intended to…
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