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Board denies variance for Elm Drive addition, citing self‑creation and alternatives
Summary
The Board of Appeals denied a request to allow an addition at 554 Elm Drive to be built 5.875 inches from the side property line instead of the required 7 feet, concluding the addition created its own need for relief and that design alternatives had not been exhausted.
The Holland City Board of Appeals denied a variance request for an addition at 554 Elm Drive, finding the proposed reduction in setback was self‑created by the owner’s proposal and that alternative design solutions had not been sufficiently demonstrated.
Architect Gordon Julius described an 8×8 mud/utility addition that would reduce a corner setback to 5 7/8 inches from the south property line where a 7‑foot setback is required. Julius said the home, built in 1921 on a lot split decades…
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