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Homewood zoning board denies setback variance for 208 Raleigh Avenue addition
Summary
The Homewood City Zoning Board voted 3-2 to deny a variance request for a bathroom addition at 208 Raleigh Avenue because the request did not receive the four affirmative votes required for approval.
The Homewood City Zoning Board denied a setback variance for 208 Raleigh Avenue on a 3-2 vote, preventing the owner from building a bathroom addition that would extend from an existing nonconforming wall.
The decision matters because the board requires four affirmative votes to approve a variance; the motion to approve did not meet that threshold. The applicant, Russ Gurley, had asked to extend an existing exterior wall that sits 8.8 feet from the neighboring property line, short of the 10-foot setback the board enforces.
Gurley, the owner at 208 Raleigh Avenue, described the project during the…
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