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St. Joseph County board grants variance allowing house lot without road frontage on Bittersweet Road
Summary
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance on Feb. 11 permitting a 1.44-acre lot around an existing house to be created without frontage on a dedicated public road, after staff and the applicant said emergency access and an ingress/egress easement would address safety concerns.
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 11 granted a variance to allow a proposed Lot 2 of a two-lot subdivision on Bittersweet Road to be created without frontage on an accepted and improved public road.
Area Plan Commission staff member Sean Klein told the board the existing house on the southern end of the property sits more than a third of a mile from the nearest right of way and said the house is not visible from public roads.…
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