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BZA grants variances for 1070 Lincoln Court after neighbors raise drainage and scale concerns
Summary
The Birmingham City Board of Zoning Appeals approved two dimensional variances for a new home at 1070 Lincoln Court, finding the lot’s unusual orientation creates practical difficulty. Neighbors raised drainage and design concerns; the board tied approval to the submitted plans.
The Birmingham City Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve two dimensional variances for 1070 Lincoln Court (appeal 2602), allowing a reduced rear-yard setback and a reduced combined front-and-rear setback as shown in the plans submitted to the board.
City presenter Andrew Erickson described the ordinance references and the specific requests: a rear-yard setback of roughly 16.71 feet (a requested variance of about 13.29 feet) and a combined front‑and‑rear setback of about 41 feet (a requested variance of about 14 feet). Erickson told the board the property is an atypically oriented R‑3 lot and that following strict…
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