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Committee defers final action on Hilltop Homes variance after split roll call; members question $400,000 affordability claim
Summary
A staff presentation and debate over two historic 33‑ft lots seeking variances for new homes prompted questions about floodplain constraints, village objections and whether $400,000 qualifies as 'missing middle' affordability. A roll call failed to carry the motion to sustain the hearing officer’s denial and the item will be revisited.
The Development Committee considered DC08‑26, a zoning case concerning two existing lots originally platted in the 1920s that are 33 feet wide. Staff explained the parcels contain floodplain and wetland on the rear of the property and that the zoning hearing officer recommended denial because financial hardship and similar arguments were not accepted as land‑use hardship.
Staff (Paul) said the petitioner…
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