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BZA denies exception for larger rebuild at 8421 Belinda Road after neighbors raise scale and tree-loss concerns
Summary
Board denied an exception that would have allowed a teardown/rebuild at 8421 Belinda Road to exceed the lot’s maximum square footage by 840 square feet; neighbors said the proposed size and design are out of scale with surrounding lots and would remove mature trees.
Leawood’s Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 22 denied a request for an exception that would have permitted a teardown/rebuild at 8421 Belinda Road to exceed the lot’s maximum allowable square footage by 840 square feet.
Staff reported the proposed home would total about 5,088 square feet while the ordinance maximum for the lot is 4,248 square feet; because the requested increase is under 20% the application was processed as an exception under LDO section 16-2-5.3. The applicant’s representative said the additional square footage includes a larger garage and covered patio and that the living area would be roughly…
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