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Commission recommends denying proposed change to front-yard exception after resident plea
Summary
The planning commission recommended denial of a proposed zoning-code exception that would let property owners match neighboring front/side-yard setbacks; the setback amendment was prompted by a homeowner who built an addition that now sits 16 inches inside the required setback.
The Royce City Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a proposed amendment to Title 10 (zoning) that would add an exception allowing a reduced front-yard setback where adjacent lots within 150 feet have smaller setbacks. The proposal was submitted by a homeowner seeking relief after an addition left his west wall about 16 inches inside the current front-yard setback.
Resident Dustin Carter told the commission he undertook the addition to house family members and later discovered the new west wall encroached roughly 16 inches on the 25-foot front-yard requirement. Carter…
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