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Pitkin County board approves 35-foot front-yard setback variance for Starwood home
Summary
The Board of Zoning Adjustment on Oct. 7 approved a variance allowing a house at 574 Johnson Drive in the Starwood subdivision to sit 15 feet from the front property line instead of the 50 feet required by AR-10 zoning, clearing the way for a pending site-plan review.
The Pitkin County Board of Zoning Adjustment on Oct. 7 approved a 35-foot front-yard setback variance that will allow a house at 574 Johnson Drive in the Starwood subdivision to be 15 feet from the front property line rather than the 50 feet required under AR-10 zoning.
The variance, requested by the property owners Scott and Beta Galloway and presented by their representative Erin Wackerley of Bend and Adams, was approved after staff recommended the change and no letters of objection were reported. Board members cited the parcel’s narrow shape, steep slopes and prior variances as the basis for finding an undue hardship under the county’s standards.
Erin Wackerley, of Bend and Adams, told the board…
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