Royal Oak ZBA approves covered porch enlargement and backyard sauna at 4131 North Fulton Place

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The Royal Oak City Zoning Board of Appeals approved two variances for 4131 North Fulton Place on a case brought by the homeowner: a setback variance to replace a 120 sq ft screened porch with a 210 sq ft covered porch (reducing the rear setback to 16.5 ft) and a second variance to allow a third accessory structure to accommodate a 48 sq ft sauna.

The Royal Oak City Zoning Board of Appeals approved variances Tuesday for 4131 North Fulton Place that will allow the homeowner to replace an aging screened porch with a larger covered porch and to install a small backyard sauna.

City planning staff told the board the property is in a one-family residential zone and currently includes a 120-square-foot screened porch at the rear. The applicant proposes a new, 210-square-foot covered but unenclosed porch in the same general location and a separate 48-square-foot prefabricated sauna. Under the zoning ordinance, covered structures cannot encroach into the required 35-foot rear yard; the petition seeks a variance to reduce the rear setback to about 16.5 feet (an 18.5-foot waiver) and a second variance to allow a third accessory structure on a lot that the ordinance limits to two.

"There already is a 120-square-foot covered but screened porch," planning staff said during the…

Royal Oak ZBA approves covered porch enlargement and backyard sauna at 4131 North Fulton Place

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