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Zoning board approves variance for decades-old concrete outbuilding despite neighbors' tree concerns
Summary
The Decatur Zoning Board of Adjustments approved a variance letting an existing concrete block building remain within the 10-foot rear-yard setback after staff said the structure predates 1995; nearby residents urged protection of mature cedar trees and asked the owner to avoid trimming that would reduce a visual buffer.
The Decatur Zoning Board of Adjustments on April 13 approved a variance allowing an existing concrete block building on US 380 Business to encroach roughly 9.52 and 9.78 feet into the required 10-foot rear-yard setback. Chair (speaker 1) made the motion and the board approved it by voice vote.
Lisa Hannon, the planning director, entered the staff report into the record and said the variance was triggered when the applicant submitted plans. Hannon said the building appears to have been in place since 1995 or earlier, that the lots will be platted into a 0.73-acre western lot (Lot 1) and a 0.64-acre eastern lot (Lot 2), and that a sewer line crosses both parcels. “We…
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