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Caroline County BZA tables variance request for house addition at 13644 Greensboro Road

5775815 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

The Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to table a variance request from Barry G. Church to add a 20-by-16-foot bedroom-and-bathroom addition that would encroach into the 30-foot front-yard setback; staff and members discussed alternative placements and next steps.

At a meeting of the Caroline County Board of Zoning Appeals, members voted to table a variance request by homeowner Barry G. Church for 90 days. Church sought permission to construct a 20-by-16-foot bedroom and bathroom addition within the 30-foot front-yard setback at 13644 Greensboro Road in Greensboro.

The application (No. 250024) requests relief from the county’s front-yard setback requirement, cited in staff materials as section 178-92. Staff told the board the parcel is nonconforming: the lot is just under 17,000 square feet, below the R-1 zoning-district minimum of 20,000 square feet, and the buildable area is constrained by a recorded sewage reserve area (SRA). The property was originally part of a subdivision recorded in 1950 and was modified by a plat recorded in 1986, and the existing single-family house was built in 1994.

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