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Council denies variance for enlarged detached garage, asks staff to study ordinance changes
Summary
After a unanimous planning commission recommendation to deny, the Marshall City Council denied Jeff Greenwood's variance request to enlarge a detached garage and directed staff to review zoning rules so detached garages and attached garages have more comparable allowances.
Marshall City Council denied a variance request to enlarge a detached garage that would have increased the structure to roughly 1,700 square feet and instead directed staff to study possible ordinance changes to address similar cases.
Planner Ilia Goodman presented the request from property owner Jeff Greenwood, explaining that the existing detached garage (built in 1993) is already about 1,100 square feet, while the city ordinance limits detached accessory buildings to 1,000 square feet and limits rear-yard coverage. Goodman said staff and the planning…
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