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Planning board denies Battenfield setback variance, citing self-imposed hardship
Summary
The Benton County Planning Board voted 2–5 to deny a variance request to reduce a 10-foot setback to 1 foot for a private carport, finding the need self‑imposed and expressing fire-code and future-neighbor-impact concerns.
Benton County planning commissioners voted down a request for a setback variance (case 25-518) on Feb. 4 after concluding the claimed hardship was self-imposed and that the proposal could limit a neighbor's future property options.
The applicant sought to reduce a required 10-foot side-yard setback to 1 foot for a personal carport at 21600 Seminole Court in Salem Springs. Staff reviewed the application as a request for relief based on a claimed hardship: the driveway configuration and lot shape, the applicant said, left insufficient…
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