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Walton County approves owner-builder setback relief after debate over porch and flood-elevation issues
Summary
An owner-builder, Neil Infault, received a limited front-setback variance after the board weighed options including removing or redesigning a porch and addressing a finished-floor elevation issue in a flood zone. The board approved an amended, footprint-limited variance to avoid tearing the house down.
Neil Infault, an owner-builder, told Walton County’s zoning board on Nov. 17 that a foundation-survey error left his house’s front corner about 16.8 feet from the road where the code requires 20 feet. Infault said he accepted responsibility and asked for a variance, explaining that tearing the nearly dried-in structure down would be prohibitively expensive.
Planning staff and the board identified two complicating issues: the planned front porch (as shown on drawings) would increase the encroachment to about 8.2 feet; and the foundation survey showed the…
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