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Board of Zoning Appeals approves use variance for garage at 1116 South Main
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 7, 2026 approved a use variance, 6-0, allowing a detached garage at 1116 South Main Street to be used as a separate primary dwelling unit on the condition that required habitability/occupancy approvals be obtained.
MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously on Jan. 7 to grant a use variance allowing a detached garage at 1116 South Main Street to be used as a separate primary dwelling unit, provided the owner obtains required habitability approvals.
Mister Fox, presenting staff analysis, told the board that city records show the main house is permitted as a three-family dwelling but that there are no permits on file authorizing the garage as a residential unit. Fox said the applicant supplied tax records and a letter asserting long-term rental use.
The applicant, who identified himself during sworn testimony as Ogden s Hamilton, said he purchased the property in 1988 and that the garage had already been converted to an apartment. "When we purchased this property in 1988, the garage was an apartment then," Hamilton said, recounting…
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