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BOZA approves rear-yard setback variance for 875 Grant Place
Summary
The Boulder Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a variance allowing a reconstructed rear wall and related renovations at 875 Grant Place, bringing parts of a nearly century-old, nonconforming house into compliance.
The Boulder Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a variance to the rear west-yard setback for a house at 875 Grant Place, allowing a reconstructed rear wall and related renovations while removing an encroaching storage area.
Staff said the request would reduce the required 25-foot rear west-yard setback to approximately 0 feet to reflect existing conditions and the location of a new wall being placed fully on the property. Robbie Wyler, BOZA staff liaison with Planning and Development Services, told the board that the lot is substandard at 6,367 square feet (the R-01 minimum is 7,000) and that the house was permitted and built circa 1925. Wyler said the alley encroachment and the property's nonstandard status appear in city records as far back as the 1930s and were formally identified during review of a March 2025 building permit application (BLDSFD202500115). Wyler…
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