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Hinsdale ZBA approves setback variance for three homes at 501–507 South County Line
Summary
The Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance to reduce the front-yard setback to 100 feet for parcels at 501, 505 and 507 South County Line, allowing three single-family homes to be built with front yards consistent with neighboring properties.
The Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 17 approved a variance (B-02-2025) allowing a 100-foot front-yard setback for proposed homes at 501, 505 and 507 South County Line, deviating from a larger existing setback established by a prior estate home.
The variance will permit three homes to be built on the subject parcels with front yards aligned more closely to the streetscape north of Woodside Avenue, rather than the deeper setback left by the recently demolished estate home, the applicant's representative said.
John Green, a civil engineer and president of Engineering Resource Associates, told the board the property is unique because a single large estate home historically occupied the footprint of multiple platted lots and therefore skewed the block-average setback. "The village of Hinsdale has an ordinance that averages all of the homes on the…
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