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Princeton ZBA continues contested Prospect Avenue porch variance after neighbors raise scale and privacy concerns
Summary
The Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment continued, to Nov. 12, consideration of a variance request to add a screened, covered rear porch at 164 Prospect Avenue after neighbors and a consulting architect said the addition would exceed the municipal floor‑area ratio and would harm privacy and neighborhood scale.
The Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment on Oct. 22 carried the application for a covered, screened rear porch at 164 Prospect Avenue to the Nov. 12 meeting after extensive public comment and technical questions about floor‑area ratio (FAR) and neighborhood scale.
Applicant architect Tom Baio described revisions since the prior hearing: removal of a second‑floor deck use, elimination of a rooftop sauna, narrowing the first‑floor porch by one foot and raising the lower portion of the side wall (the screen base) from 2 feet to 4 feet. He told the board the applicant had reduced the proposed usable area and argued the enclosed screen would better control light, sound and fire than an…
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