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Zoning board upholds officer: 7 Mohican Place appeal denied over attached portico
Summary
The Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustment denied an appeal from homeowners Jeffrey and Armanda Pitard seeking to attach a 25‑sq.‑ft. covered entry (entry/egress platform) to a larger front porch. The board found the connected structure reads as a porch, which cannot encroach into the front‑yard setback without a variance.
The Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustment on the evening of Aug. 11 upheld the zoning officer’s interpretation that a connected covered entry and adjacent porch constitute a porch — not a permitted 25‑square‑foot entry platform — and denied an appeal by homeowners Jeffrey and Armanda Pitard for 7 Mohican Place.
Architect Richard Pierce testified that the Pitards’ design would leave only a small triangular 25‑square‑foot portion of the proposed covered area within the required front‑yard setback and that the remainder of the porch would be built as‑of‑right outside the setback. He argued the code does…
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