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Board grants setback and driveway-width variances for Wright Drive property despite neighbor concerns
Summary
The Board approved variances for Kenneth Fields at 7144 Wright Drive to allow a 0-foot front-yard setback and expand a commercial access drive beyond the 40-foot code limit to address existing site conditions and future tree/ timber uses, with a 4–2 vote after extensive questioning about right-of-way, road wear, outdoor storage and enforcement.
Kenneth Fields told the Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 19 that his 12-acre parcel at 7144 Wright Drive has a history of a burned house, fill work and a pole barn; he asked to legalize existing conditions and allow a change of use to a tree/ timber operation that could include a sawmill and Christmas-tree production on a small portion of the site.
Area Plan Commission staff said the applicant had existing conditions that appeared to violate front-yard setback requirements…
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