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La Porte board approves compromise on tall privacy fence for 13‑acre property
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a negotiated variance letting a property owner install 8‑foot fencing on side and rear lines (tapering to 6 and 4.5 feet toward the front), after rejecting an initial 12‑foot request and weighing privacy and neighborhood character concerns.
The La Porte Board of Zoning Appeals approved a narrowed variance on Jan. 13 allowing a property owner to install taller fencing along portions of a roughly 13‑acre parcel at 1797 West 300 North while limiting visual impacts for the surrounding residential area.
Attorney David Ambers, representing property owner James Schaffner, asked the board for a 12‑foot wood/privacy fence on the side and rear yard and an 8‑foot wrought‑iron fence in front. Ambers said the taller side and rear fence is intended to reduce the…
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