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ZBA approves Thorpe variance for shed overhang, board cites rural character

5783089 · September 19, 2025
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Summary

The Zoning Board of Appeals granted two area variances to Jerry Thorpe to legalize an existing shed overhang, with the board finding the structure consistent with a rural residential character and imposing no further conditions beyond standard permit closure checks.

Jerry Thorpe, who described himself as a property owner and a member of the planning board, told the Zoning Board of Appeals he sought a variance for an overhang he added to a shed and asked the board to regularize the structure rather than require its removal. "I put an overhang on the back of my shed, which I shouldn't have done," Thorpe said; he asked the board to approve variances so the structure would be compliant.

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