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Commission approves lot split and variances for 1237 Eastview Avenue but rejects garage legalization
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a lot split and variances for lot area and lot coverage at 1237 Eastview Avenue, enabling a future house to be built; commissioners rejected a staff-suggested incidental variance that would have legalized an existing detached garage as a standalone primary structure.
The Grandview Heights Planning Commission on April 15 approved a lot-split and two variances for 1237 Eastview Avenue but declined a separate, staff-added variance that would have permanently legalized a detached garage as the only structure on the newly created lot.
Applicant John Fortin told the commission he purchased a contiguous set of lots decades ago and has sought to restore an original subdivision pattern to create two 44-foot lots and construct a modest house on the front lot. Fortin described decades of local residence and property improvements and asked for leeway from current zoning-area and coverage standards. "I bought 5 consecutive lots 31 years ago... I—'m starting with my house at 1237," Fortin said,…
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