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MDC approves variance to stream-protection setback at 1527 E. 12th Street over staff objections, 5-1
Summary
The Metropolitan Development Commission approved a variance reducing the stream-protection setback from 60 feet to 25 feet at 1527 East Twelfth Street (Windsor Park) by a 5-1 vote after petitioners argued the strict setback would render one lot effectively unbuildable.
The Metropolitan Development Commission on July 2 approved, by a 5-1 vote, a variance allowing a reduced stream-protection corridor setback at 1527 East Twelfth Street (docketed as 2024 CVR855B), enabling construction of homes on a newly platted three-lot subdivision in Windsor Park.
Petitioners, represented by land-use consultant Paul Lambie, asked the commission to reduce the ordinance’s 60-foot setback for a Category 1 stream (Pogue Run) to 25 feet for the project so that two of the proposed lots could be built with fronts along Twelfth Street. Lambie and builder Micah Hill told the commission that without relief one of the three lots (Lot 2) would be forced into an impractically deep front setback (roughly 170–200 feet), leaving the lot effectively unusable for the single‑family…
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