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Commission recommends denial of a side-setback variance for 12-acre Blige Road property
Summary
County planning staff recommended denial of a variance to reduce a side setback from 50 to 30 feet for a 12-acre property at 530 Blige Road; the applicant was not present and the commission voted to recommend staff denial.
County staff presented a variance request for a 12-acre parcel at 530 Blige Road asking to reduce the side setback from 50 feet to 30 feet so the owner could construct a detached garage. Staff noted the parcel contains a single-family home, riding ring and horse barn, and that the applicant cited wetlands, flood hazard and existing uses as limiting building locations. Staff said roughly two acres of the site lie outside wetlands and flood hazard areas and could accommodate the structure without a variance; staff therefore did not identify the legal hardship required to grant a variance and recommended denial.
The applicant was not present at the hearing and no public speaker opposed or supported the variance in person. The commission closed the hearing and voted to recommend that staff's denial be concurred with, effectively recommending denial of the variance to the Board of Commissioners.
