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Cary ZPA recommends variance to restore historic porch at 109 Cary Street

6440306 · October 20, 2025
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Summary

The Village of Cary Board of Zoning, Planning and Appeals voted to recommend that the Village Board approve a variance to reduce an exterior side-yard setback from 30 feet to about 9 feet so the owner can rebuild an enclosed porch that appeared on the building historically.

The Village of Cary Board of Zoning, Planning and Appeals on Oct. 9 recommended that the Village Board of Trustees approve a variance reducing the exterior side-yard setback for an enclosed porch at 109 Cary Street from 30 feet to roughly 9 feet.

The recommendation followed a staff overview from Brian Simmons, the village’s director of community development, who described the property as one of the oldest in the village, built in 1852 and rezoned to B1 (central business district) in 1998. Simmons said the existing multi‑family building is nonconforming along its Spring Street frontage, where the current setback is about 15 feet; the petitioner is seeking to restore a porch that historically existed on the…

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