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Englewood board denies request to keep 8-foot privacy fence at 4983 S. Fox St.
Summary
The Englewood Board of Adjustment and Appeals rejected an applicants request to retain an 8-foot privacy fence in an R-1A zone, citing the codes measurement rules and the requirement that hardship be unique to the lot.
The Englewood Board of Adjustment and Appeals on Tuesday rejected a variance request to allow an existing 8-foot privacy fence to remain at 4983 South Fox Street, voting 1-4 to deny the motion to approve the variance.
The applicant, Wilder Wells of 4983 South Fox Street, asked the board to allow the taller fence in the R-1A zone, saying a roughly 2-foot downward grade across his lot makes strict application of the 6-foot rear-yard fence limit unduly burdensome. Will Charles, community development staff, recommended denial, saying the neighborhoods slope is widespread and does not meet the codes requirement that the physical condition be unique to the parcel.
"Staff is recommending denial of the variance," Charles said during the hearing. "Properties to the west of it all have this sloping conditionwhich is also this issue that staff found, that this is something that is a neighborhood wide thing…
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