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Huntersville planning board backs setback flexibility for alley‑accessed garages, limits mechanical encroachment
Summary
The board recommended approval of TA‑25‑11 to allow reduced setbacks for certain rear‑attached garages and permit screened mechanical equipment to encroach into rear yards, but limited any encroachment to within 10 feet of the primary structure and added screening requirements. Town board final action is Dec. 16.
The Huntersville Planning Board on Nov. 19 recommended approval of a proposed zoning text amendment that would allow some attached garages to sit closer to rear property lines and permit certain mechanical equipment to encroach into rear‑yard setbacks — subject to new limits and screening.
Staff presented TA‑25‑11, submitted by developer Northwood Raven, saying it would modify the zoning ordinance to allow attached garages connected to a house by a breezeway (staff and applicant proposed a maximum 15‑foot breezeway) to be treated differently than fully attached additions when the lot is accessed from an alley. The amendment would…
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