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Board upholds rear‑yard variance and house lift at 3732–3734 Twentieth; neighbors warned shadow/privacy effects
Summary
Over neighbors’ objections about leaning walls, sunlight loss and risk during lifting, the Board of Appeals upheld a zoning‑administrator rear‑yard variance and allowed a 2.5‑foot raise and decks, voting 4–1 after hearing engineering assurances and DBI inspection reports.
The Board of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the zoning administrator’s grant of a rear‑yard variance and approved plans to raise a building 2.5 feet at 3732–3734 Twentieth Street, despite opposition from an immediate neighbor who said the subject building leans against her property and that lifting would reduce sunlight and privacy.
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