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ZBA approves variances for narrow Coolidge Highway lot to allow rear-entry garage
Summary
Royal Oak Zoning Board approved two variances for a 51-foot-wide lot on Coolidge Highway, allowing a 1-foot north-side encroachment for a garage and a 13.2-foot reduction to the rear-yard setback to permit a new single-family house with rear-entry garage.
The Royal Oak City Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved two dimensional variances for a property on Coolidge Highway so the owner can demolish the existing house and build a new single-family dwelling with a rear-entry garage. The board voted to waive one foot of the five-foot north side-yard setback for a garage and to reduce the required 35-foot rear-yard setback by 13.2 feet to allow a 21.8-foot rear yard.
Staff planner Alex told the board the lot is 51 feet wide, about 103 feet deep and totals 5,253 square feet, and that a 20-foot easement from a vacated public alley and overhead DTE…
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