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Homewood BZA denies developer’s request to shrink landscape buffer at 1707 Rees Street
Summary
The BZA voted down a request to renew a prior variance reducing the required perimeter landscape strip from 15 feet to 5 feet at 1707 Rees Street after neighbors and an adjacent property owner raised parking and fairness concerns.
The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustment denied a landscape‑variance request for a proposed retail development at 1707 Rees Street after a neighbor’s objections and board questions about parking and hardship.
Developer representatives asked the board to renew an earlier landscaping variance that would reduce the required perimeter vehicular landscape strip from 15 feet to 5 feet to preserve sufficient parking for the planned shopping‑center‑style development. Brent Pierce of Gonzales Strength told the board they were…
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