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Brandon staff says homeowner must seek variance; no immediate change to fence ordinance
Summary
At a Brandon planning meeting, staff and commissioners discussed whether to change the zoning code to allow a privacy fence on a corner lot; staff recommended the homeowner pursue a variance because the commission showed no appetite to rewrite the ordinance.
Brandon planning staff and commissioners discussed a homeowner's request to place a privacy fence that would encroach toward a city sidewalk and whether the town's zoning code should be changed to allow such fences on corner lots. Planning staff said the immediate option for the homeowner is to apply for a variance because the commission was not prepared to rewrite the ordinance.
The matter arose after a property owner described a proposed alteration to a privacy fence and asked whether it would be permitted. Brandon (a meeting participant) said the town likely has “probably a 100 plus houses in town that are corner lots that have privacy fences that go…
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