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Holiday council denies neighbor appeal over PUD setbacks despite tree concerns
Summary
The Holiday City Council on Aug. 28 denied an appeal from neighbors who said a planned-unit development (PUD) approval omitted mature trees and wrongly relied on a nonconforming shed to justify a 4-foot setback; council concluded the planning commission had substantial evidence on the record to support its decision.
The Holiday City Council denied an appeal from neighbors who challenged a planning commission decision approving a planned-unit development and flexible setbacks at a property that abuts their lot.
Christian Hansen, who lives next door to the proposed development, told the council the planning commission’s approval rested on incomplete and misleading information: a tree survey that omitted 14 mature trees along the shared northeastern border and an apparent reliance on an existing, nonconforming accessory structure (a shed or garage) to justify a 4-foot side-yard setback. Hansen urged the council to correct the record and direct the planning commission to apply a 10-foot average setback on that border or, at minimum,…
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