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BZA grants front-yard pole barn at 5227 Knowlton Road after staff recommends approval with permit conditions
Summary
The board approved a variance to build a 1,440-square-foot, 15-foot-tall pole barn in the front yard at 5227 Knowlton Road, accepting staff’s recommendation that environmental and flood-permitting reviews occur before construction and noting commitments to minimize tree removal and disturbance.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to allow a 1,440-square-foot accessory structure in the front yard of 5227 Knowlton Road, siding with staff’s recommendation that locating the building in the front yard would minimize disturbance to environmentally sensitive rear-yard areas.
Attorney David Dearing, representing the petitioner John Puffer, argued that placing the building adjacent to the existing driveway would limit disturbance and preserve roughly 30% tree canopy the comprehensive plan’s environmentally…
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