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Auburn BZA approves variance to allow sauna 3 feet from house at 2205 Spring Hill Drive
Summary
The Auburn Board of Zoning Adjustment voted 5–0 to approve a variance allowing a prefabricated sauna to sit three feet from the principal structure at 2205 Spring Hill Drive, after the applicant and staff cited a graywater leach field on the lot as the hardship.
The Auburn Board of Zoning Adjustment voted 5–0 to grant a variance that allows a homeowner at 2205 Spring Hill Drive to place a prefabricated sauna three feet from the principal structure, overriding the zoning ordinance’s usual 10-foot setback requirement.
The board approved variance BZA 2026001 after hearing testimony from the applicant, Mr. Hansen, who told the board he bought the lot when it was subdivided and that the property’s graywater leach field — a separate trench used for washing-machine effluent — is located where the applicant would otherwise…
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