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Board grants variance to reduce front setback at 114 West Lake Crest after neighborhood comments

Augusta Planning Commission / Board of Zoning Appeals · April 7, 2026
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Summary

The Board of Zoning Appeals recommended and the Planning Commission recorded a variance reducing the front setback at 114 West Lake Crest from 30 to 20 feet to allow construction of a single‑family house on an irregular lot; staff attached conditions including a 15‑ft easement for electric relocation and a 365‑day build‑start requirement, and one commissioner recorded opposition on the record.

The Board of Zoning Appeals and the Planning Commission approved a variance to reduce the front yard setback for 114 West Lake Crest from 30 feet to 20 feet to permit construction of a single‑family residence on an irregularly shaped, sloped lot.

Planning staff recommended approval after outlining site constraints: an irregular concave lot shape, a roughly 8‑foot elevation drop within the first 75 feet (about a 10% slope per staff’s Google Earth estimate), and the proximity of overhead…

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