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Council grants waiver allowing homeowners to rebuild residence at 15 Plymouth Highway despite commercial zoning
Summary
Council approved a resolution exempting property owners at 15 Plymouth Highway from the three-year replacement requirement for a nonconforming residence so they can obtain building permits to reconstruct after a 2019 fire.
The Ione City Council on March 4 adopted a resolution granting an exemption that allows the property owner of 15 Plymouth Highway to rebuild a residence on commercially zoned property after the original structure was destroyed by fire.
City Planner Susan Peters explained staff reviewed the application and determined the property is zoned commercial but has been used residentially; city code allows a nonconforming residential use to be rebuilt within three years of destruction. The owners sought an extension beyond that three-year window because the house burned…
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