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Board backs looser corner-lot accessory rules but adds screening requirement
Summary
The Planning & Advisory Board recommended changes to allow accessory structures closer to corner-lot sidelines while keeping setback and permit standards; members added a requirement for screening or buffering to reduce visibility impacts.
The Planning & Advisory Board recommended revisions to city code that would allow accessory structures (sheds, gazebos, similar features) to be placed closer to the secondary-street side of corner lots — the so-called "second front yard" — while preserving setbacks, permitting thresholds and engineering requirements for wind uplift.
Staff explained the revision aims to reduce repetitive variances to the Board of Adjustment…
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