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Howard County applicants ask to build detached garage, seek 30.6-foot front-yard setback variance
Summary
David and Corinne Ross requested a variance (BA 25-001V) to build a 25-by-26-foot detached garage that would encroach 30.6 feet into the 50-foot front-yard setback; the evidentiary hearing was held and the record closed, with a decision pending and health-department clearances required before a permit could be issued.
David and Corinne Ross asked Howard County officials for a variance to allow construction of a 25-foot by 26-foot detached garage that would encroach 30.6 feet into the county's 50-foot front-yard setback, during an evidentiary hearing on case BA 25-001V. The applicants said site constraints leave them unable to build an attached garage or place a detached garage outside required setbacks.
The request, presented by Taina Peters on behalf of the applicants, cites a narrow pipe-stem lot, steep and irregular topography, a stream and a 100-year floodplain at the rear of the lot, and utility setbacks near the front and right side of the house that the applicants say make alternative locations infeasible. "We are writing to, request a variance for a 30 foot 6, encroachment into the front 50 foot setback, in order to build a 25 foot by 26 foot detached garage," Peters said.
Why this matters: a granted variance would permit construction closer to the roadway than normally…
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