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Council overturns planning denial, allows homeowner to enclose existing deck at 1504 South Locust

5906155 · October 7, 2025
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The Brandon City Council voted to overturn a Planning & Zoning denial and grant a variance allowing Jim Lynn to enclose an existing deck into a three-season porch that encroaches on the R-1 rear-yard setback.

The Brandon City Council voted to overturn a Planning & Zoning denial and grant a variance permitting a three-season porch to be enclosed on an existing deck at 1504 South Locust Avenue.

The variance request came after Planning & Zoning denied the application. Homeowner Jim Lynn told the council the house was built in 2004 using a mirrored site plan that placed the deck 1–3 feet into the required rear-yard setback. “My wife and I were respectfully requesting a variance to allow the construction of a 3 season porch on my existing deck located at 1504 South Locust Avenue, which encroaches upon the rear yard setback,” Lynn…

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