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Commission grants front‑yard setback variance for lakefront property at 155 South 5
Summary
The Mitchell Planning and Zoning Commission approved a variance allowing Todd and Nancy Boyd to maintain a covered patio that encroaches into the lakeside front-yard setback (24 feet vs. required 35 feet) after builders found actual lot lines differed from plan measurements.
The commission granted a variance to Todd and Nancy Boyd for a reduced front-yard lakeside setback at 155 South 5, allowing a covered patio area to remain closer to the water than the 35‑foot setback normally required.
Mark (city staff) explained the variance request resulted after construction had begun: as the applicants set piers and footings they discovered the built positions did not match the original plan dimensions and the covered patio encroached into the front-yard setback. The same site had received a rear-yard variance earlier, the staff report noted.
The applicants told the commission they had stopped work after discovering the discrepancy and that the house and residents would remain outside the 100‑ and 500‑year flood plains; they described the issue as an on‑the-ground discrepancy between GIS/property-line depictions and actual shoreline geometry. The commission approved the variance as presented; the motion carried on voice vote.
Staff noted lenders and flood-plain rules were not blocking the requested variance; building permits and any required engineering remain subject to standard follow-up review.
