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Anderson board approves oversized detached garage at 1707 Laura Street

5818165 · August 7, 2025
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On Aug. 6, 2025, the Anderson City zoning board approved a variance allowing a 1,200-square-foot detached garage at 1707 Laura Street, exceeding the local ordinance limit; the vote was 4-0.

ANDERSON, Ind. — At a meeting Aug. 6, 2025, the Anderson City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for a detached, oversized metal storage garage at 1707 Laura Street, voting 4-0 to allow a 30-by-40-foot, 18-foot-high structure that will total about 1,200 square feet.

The variance, petition 11-25, was requested by petitioner Joseph Goodman to permit the three-door structure in the southwest corner of his rear yard. Planning staff told the board the proposed building would exceed the city’s accessory-structure size limit (864 square feet) by 336 square feet but…

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