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Florence BZA grants setback variance to allow Habitat home at 418 West Sumter Street

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The Board approved reduced front and rear setbacks to allow Greater Florence Habitat for Humanity to build a single-family house on a small, legal lot at 418 West Sumter Street. Staff and Habitat representatives said the lot was donated by the city and is part of neighborhood revitalization efforts.

The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance to reduce the required front and rear setbacks so Greater Florence Habitat for Humanity can build a single-family house at 418 West Sumter Street.

City staff described the parcel as a legal lot of record roughly 62 feet deep and approximately 2,800 square feet in area in a Neighborhood Conservation-6.2 (NC-6.2) district, where the UDO requires 25-foot front setbacks and 20-foot rear setbacks. Staff said the applicant…

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