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Board OKs 6-foot setback variance for Irving Road property over accessibility concerns
Summary
The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a six-foot setback variance for a fence at 1100 Irving Road after the applicant cited steep topography and wheelchair access for family members as hardships; the variance must be exercised within one year.
The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustments on April 2 approved a variance that will allow a fence to be built 3 feet from the property line at 1100 Irving Road, rather than the standard 9-foot setback.
Warren Foster, who said he and his wife Mallory Foster own the property, told the board the house’s steep front hill and property grade prevent wheelchair access at the front and basement entrances. “My wife’s uncle had a stroke a couple years ago and is…
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