Zoning board approves 13.8-foot setback variance for accessory building at 8751 Cascade Road

Cascade Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals on an unspecified date approved a variance for 8751 Cascade Road, allowing a 13.8-foot reduction from the 50-foot front-yard setback required along Cascade Road so the property owner may construct a 552-square-foot detached accessory building.

Staff told the board the lot is a corner parcel with frontages on Cascade Road (south) and Quigley Avenue (east) and described site constraints including a stream that runs from the northeast to the southwest corner of the parcel, significant vegetation, wet clay soils that cause seasonal flooding and the location of a septic pump north of the proposed building site. Because Cascade Road is designated an arterial street, the zoning ordinance requires a 50-foot front-yard setback; the…