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ZBA approves variances to allow lot reconfiguration at 1543 Cox Road
Summary
The Zoning Board approved multiple variances to permit a lot split and reconfiguration at 1543 Cox Road after the owner, Grama Bell, said she cleaned up a former junkyard and wants uniform lot depths; board discussed precedent and legal status of resulting lots.
The Grand Isle Zoning Board of Appeals granted a set of variances on May 7 to allow a proposed lot reconfiguration affecting 1543 Cox Road.
Owner Grama Bell told the board she wants to attach the back portion of 1543 to an adjacent vacant lot to keep lot depths uniform and to prevent future eyesores on the rear parcel. Bell described cleaning up what had been a junkyard and said she was motivated by neighborhood continuity and long-term maintenance concerns.
Board members focused on whether the proposed split would convert an existing legal lot into a nonconforming lot and whether approving the variances would set an undesirable precedent. One committee member raised that concern directly, saying the action ‘‘could open the door for other people to do this’’ and that the board should weigh precedent in its discretion. Other members responded that the variances requested were modest and the resulting parcel would align with neighboring lots.
After discussion the board moved and voted on the variances needed to keep the new lot configuration legal (including reduced rear-yard and side-yard setbacks and minimum lot-area relief). The motions were made and seconded on the floor and the board carried approval for the requested variances. The board reminded the applicant that the town must complete any required merge procedures and that filing with the town clerk and any other town-level approvals remain necessary.
