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Board orders gazebo moved after denying variance at 1823 Sycamore Drive
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied an appeal and ordered the owner at 1823 Sycamore Drive to move a 12-by-14-foot gazebo that the city found located in a side yard rather than the rear yard required by code; the owner had applied for a building permit in July 2024 that was denied.
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Waukesha City Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday denied a property-owner appeal and instructed the owner at 1823 Sycamore Drive to relocate a 12-foot-by-14-foot gazebo so it sits within the legally defined rear yard.
City staff said the house at 1823 Sycamore is an L-shaped RS-3 single-family residence and that a portion of the existing gazebo sits outside the municipal definition of rear yard (a yard that extends across the full width of the lot, measured from the rear lot line to a parallel line through the nearest point of the principal structure). The owner applied for a building permit in July 2024; staff denied the permit because the…
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