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Zoning board approves 2-lot subdivision at 121 N. Blair over neighbor objections, 6–2
Summary
The board voted 6–2 to grant variances allowing a two-lot split at 121 North Blair despite neighborhood opposition citing parking, stormwater and allegations the purchaser created the hardship. Applicant argued the lots match the block’s 45-foot pattern and noted historic platting from 1917.
The Royal Oak Zoning Board of Appeals approved a petition to split one parcel at 121 North Blair into two 45-foot-wide lots by a 6–2 vote after a lengthy public hearing that drew multiple neighbors opposed to the split.
Staff told the board the proposed lots would each be about 5,694–5,695 square feet, short of the zoning ordinance’s 6,000-square-foot minimum. Staff said the proposal met the ordinance’s frontage and depth compatibility provisions for the block but required variances…
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