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Board upholds zoning administrator and denies lot‑split variance at 1120 Nineteenth Street
Summary
The board voted 3–2 to uphold the zoning administrator’s denial of a variance to split 1120 Nineteenth Street into two substandard lots, citing lack of exceptional circumstances, self‑imposed hardship from prior variance‑driven development, and alternative financing routes such as condominium conversion.
The Board of Appeals upheld the Zoning Administrator’s denial (3–2) of a requested variance that would have subdivided a 25x100‑foot lot at 1120 Nineteenth Street (also addressed as 398 Pennsylvania) into two smaller parcels.
Planning Department staff reviewed the five legal findings required for a variance and said they were not met. Officials noted the applicants had alternatives — maintaining…
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