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LaPorte BZA approves small‑lot setback variances for Elm Drive home, adds five‑year short‑term‑rental restriction
Summary
The board granted setbacks and coverage variances for a 50‑foot Elm Drive lot to allow a larger family home, 4-1, after neighbors raised concerns about parking, proximity and stormwater; approval includes a condition banning short‑term rentals for five years.
The LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances Tuesday allowing construction of a larger single-family house on a narrow Elm Drive lot but attached a condition barring short-term rentals for five years.
Peter Byrne, the buyer identified in the petition, asked the board for multiple variances on a 50-foot-wide lot in Center Township (parcel listed in the petition). Byrne asked to reduce one side-yard setback from 10 feet to 6 feet, to allow a front sloped setback ranging 6–18 feet where the ordinance requires 25 feet, and to increase building…
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