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BZA approves reduced rear-yard setback to allow attached garages on two Dole Avenue lots

Hammond City Board of Zoning Appeals · January 28, 2026
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Summary

The Hammond Board of Zoning Appeals approved developmental variance Z-26-01 to reduce the rear-yard setback from 20 feet to 11 feet for two adjacent lots at 5517 and 5521 Dole Avenue, allowing attached two-car garages; staff recommended approval and the vote was unanimous.

The Hammond City Board of Zoning Appeals on its regular agenda approved developmental variance Z-26-01, allowing the rear-yard setback to be reduced from the code-required 20 feet to 11 feet for two adjacent lots at 5517 and 5521 Dole Avenue to permit attached two-car garages.

Jay Leeser of First Metropolitan Builders (legal name…

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