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Board of Adjustment approves variance to split 106 West Peach Street despite 75‑square‑foot shortfall
Summary
The Fredericksburg Board of Adjustment approved CVA 202601, a variance allowing subdivision of 106 West Peach Street into two lots even though one resulting lot would be about 75 square feet under the R‑1 district minimum of 7,500 square feet. The board found the shortfall was a preexisting condition and the variance would not alter neighborhood character.
The Fredericksburg City Board of Adjustment on a vote approved CVA 202601, granting a variance that allows the subdivision of the property at 106 West Peach Street into two lots despite one lot falling roughly 75 square feet short of the R‑1 minimum of 7,500 square feet. Vice Chair Eric Hamerson called the motion after an applicant presentation and board deliberation, and the chair announced the motion passed.
Shelby Holder, the applicant’s representative, testified under oath that the ownership bought the parcel in 2016 and discovered, during a recent survey, that the tract was about 75 square feet shy of the R‑1 lot‑size requirement. Holder said the lot “seems set up already for 2 residences,” pointing to two existing curb cuts and an historical outlot remainder that the…
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