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Oshkosh plan commissioners approve variance for large garage addition at 143 W. 20½ Ave.
Summary
Plan commissioners voted 9-0 to grant a residential design standards variance allowing an attached breezeway and three‑car garage addition that exceeds 50% of the principal structure's footprint at 143 West 20½ Avenue. Staff said the new work matches the house height and materials and is consistent with neighborhood patterns.
Plan commissioners on July 15 granted a variance to allow a home addition that would exceed 50% of the existing principal structure’s footprint at 143 West 20½ Avenue.
City staff said the property is a corner lot of about 7,900 square feet with an existing 1,600‑square‑foot, 1½‑story house built circa 1915. The owner, Benjamin Campbell, proposed a breezeway connecting the house to a new 26‑by‑36 three‑car garage; staff noted the proposed accessory structure would remain under the city’s maximum allowed accessory square footage (936 square feet) and recommended approval with conditions in the staff report.
The commission heard a short staff presentation explaining the size and placement of the addition and that the existing garage on site would be removed. Council member Bulow asked whether the project would include an accessory dwelling unit; staff replied the proposal does not include an accessory dwelling and is limited to the garage addition. No members of the public spoke on the item.
After a motion “to adopt the findings and recommendations as stated in the staff report,” the commission took a roll call vote and approved the variance 9–0.
The approval allows the attached breezeway and three‑car garage to be built as shown in the submitted plans, subject to the conditions listed in the staff report. The staff report remains the official record for precise construction conditions and permit requirements.
Notes: the owner/applicant is Benjamin Campbell; the staff presentation said the garage would match the house in height and material and would replace an existing garage on the lot.
