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Resident presses for flexibility on panhandle lot; commission voices concern about precedent
Summary
A resident seeking to place a new home on a panhandle lot described plans to alter lot layout and requested commission consideration; commissioners voiced concerns about consistency, frontage requirements and creating variances that could set precedents.
A Kamas resident, Casey Chesman, urged the commission to consider options to allow construction of a house on a long-vacant panhandle lot near their family’s property and described alternatives to avoid creating a nonconforming lot.
“ My name is Casey Chesman,” Casey told the commission and described the lot as vacant for more than 20 years and previously used for cattle. Casey said the family wants to build a house similar in footprint to a neighboring panhandle house, move it closer to the road and remove two garages to create a driveway, and that emergency vehicle…
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