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Council grants variance for corner fence at 5th and Utah after resident testimony
Summary
The Libby City Council, sitting as the Board of Adjustments, voted to grant a variance allowing a replacement fence at the 5th and Utah corner to remain despite encroaching on a visibility triangle after the applicant and neighbors testified it improved privacy and aesthetics. Councilor Zimmerman dissented.
The Libby City Council, acting as the Board of Adjustments, granted a variance for a corner fence at 5th and Utah after a public hearing at which the homeowner described safety and privacy concerns and neighbors voiced support.
Ryan Barnes, who identified himself at the podium as the applicant and resident of 504 Utah Avenue, asked the board to approve the existing fence as a variance rather than force a return to the older, lower barrier. "A fence that not only affords me and my family much needed privacy, especially on a corner, but it also provides us a bit of safety as well," Barnes said, noting that the sidewalk installed nearby changed the…
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