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Board approves Miller Family Development fencing and landscaping variances with conditions
Summary
Miller Family Development received board approval for fence and several landscaping variances after staff found practical difficulties; the board adjusted requirements for front‑yard trees amid neighbor concerns over sight lines at a busy intersection.
At its Nov. 13 meeting the St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances requested by Miller Family Development Company for landscaping and a front‑yard privacy fence for a recently built office building at Anderson and Bittersweet roads. Staff (Carl Brown Grimm) said the site was rezoned in 2023 and that utility locations and HVAC units limit planting along the west lot line; staff recommended approval of the screening variance and of the fence variance but recommended denial of the…
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