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Board balks at plan to split 2694 Bedell Road; owner asked to return with revised drawings
Summary
At the Grand Island Board of Adjustment hearing, owner John Moore asked to split a parcel in a way that would reduce a required 3‑acre minimum; the board said it could not approve a change that would create a major nonconforming lot and tabled the request for redesign.
A plan to split a Bedell Road parcel in a way that would drop a 3‑acre zoning minimum to about 0.77 acres for the front parcel drew sustained pushback from the Grand Island Board of Adjustment on Nov. 6.
Owner John Moore told the board he purchased adjacent property intending to merge part of it with his current lot to preserve privacy and later resell the front house. Moore said he consulted zoning staff before purchasing and "was informed that there were no issues at the time," which he cited as a reason he proceeded. He also told the board the resulting front parcel would match the character of nearby lots and that many lots on the block…
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