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ZBA approves variances for large renovation of 1205 Vinceta to preserve historic home

Royal Oak Zoning Board of Appeals · March 13, 2026
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Summary

The zoning board granted variances allowing renovations and an expanded garage at 1205 Vinceta Blvd., finding the plan preserves an older colonial-revival house and that lot coverage and dormer treatment justify relief; vote was 6–1.

The Royal Oak Zoning Board of Appeals approved multiple variances for a planned renovation at 1205 Vinceta Blvd., allowing expansion of an existing nonconforming house and relief for an accessory-structure height calculation the applicant said is inflated by dormers.

Staff told the board the house, built in 1925, already exceeds the city's 3,500-square-foot usable-floor-area limit…

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