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BZA grants variance for 1306 Erwin driveway but orders right-of-way work to meet city standards
Summary
The board approved a variance allowing an existing horseshoe driveway that covers 73% of the front yard, but required the portion in the public right-of-way be removed and reinstalled to city standards within 45 days.
The Elkhart City Board of Zoning Appeals voted Aug. 14 to grant a developmental variance allowing a front-yard driveway that occupies 73% of the lot at 1306 Erwin Street — 23 percentage points over the 50% limit in the zoning code — but the board required the petitioner to remove and reinstall the portion of the driveway within the public right-of-way to meet city standards within 45 days.
Petitioner Fabian Magalanes told the board he and his family bought and have been renovating the single-family house and asked to keep the horseshoe driveway to provide safer circulation and parking…
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