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Kenosha zoning board defers decision on variance for breezeway that joins garage to house
Summary
The Kenosha Zoning Board deferred a decision to June 10 on a variance request by Michael Ash to allow a breezeway that attaches a garage to his house at 6832 Pershing Boulevard. Staff recommended denial, citing ordinance findings not met and concerns that approval would allow the garage to be treated as a principal structure.
The Kenosha Zoning Board on Thursday deferred a decision on a variance request from Michael Ash for an attached breezeway at 6832 Pershing Boulevard, voting to take up the matter at the board's next regularly scheduled meeting on June 10.
Board staff recommended denying Ash's request, telling the board the application “does not meet any of the findings of section 9.05(b) of the zoning ordinance.” Staff warned that if the breezeway is declared part of the principal structure, the existing detached garage could be treated as a principal structure and later converted or built up in ways not allowed for accessory buildings.
The breezeway connects an accessory garage to the house, and staff said that attaching it in that way creates a setback encroachment: “If the variance is approved this evening, this suddenly is now part of the attached principal structure of the site,” staff said, adding that an attached garage could be converted in the…
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