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Williams Creek homeowners granted variance to expand garage; city staff had recommended denial
Summary
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 1 granted a variance to Brian and Lauren Mayer to expand an attached garage at 7986 North College Avenue, despite staff concerns about increasing a legally nonconforming setback and encroachment into a platted easement.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 1 on Aug. 19 granted a variance to Brian Mayer and Lauren Riley to expand an attached garage at 7986 North College Avenue in the Williams Creek neighborhood.
The petition approved by the board allows a garage addition that requires a 2-foot south side-yard setback where 15 feet is required, and acknowledges an existing encroachment of roughly six inches into a four-foot utility easement. The addition will reduce required open space to 81 percent, where 85 percent is required by the district standards.
The petitioners’ attorney, Misha Rabinowitch, told the board the house — built in the 1930s and known locally as the Hydrangea House — is…
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