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Franklin BZA denies variance to allow 2½-foot setback encroachment at 417 Forest Street
Summary
The Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 2 denied a request by the owner of 417 Forest Street to allow a 2 foot 6 inch encroachment into the required 7-foot side-yard setback, finding the variance criteria were not met.
Brian Biglin, the applicant and owner of 417 Forest Street, asked the Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 2 to allow a 2 foot 6 inch encroachment into the required 7-foot side-yard setback for an existing principal building. The board denied the request in a 4-0 vote.
Staff told the board the 0.22-acre lot is zoned R-4 and that although the applicant has remedied two earlier violations (removing impervious pavement and meeting the minimum landscape surface area), the remaining encroachment did not meet the first two statutory criteria for a variance under the Franklin zoning ordinance and state…
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