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Board backs Roseland Drive family’s request to add second floor

Board of Zoning Adjustments · May 8, 2026
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Summary

Homewood BZA approved a variance May 7 allowing a second‑floor addition at 1403 Roseland Drive that follows an existing kitchen footprint; neighbors testified in support and the board cited lot irregularities and floodplain constraints in finding a hardship.

The Homewood Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a variance that allows the Young family to build a second floor at 1403 Roseland Drive while keeping the existing first‑floor footprint.

Robert Martin, the residential designer for homeowner Josh Young, told the board the proposed second‑floor addition would extend over the existing kitchen, matching the current exterior walls where the ground‑level kitchen encroaches into the secondary front…

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