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La Plata board denies variance for exterior elevator at 8 Kent Avenue
Summary
The La Plata Board of Appeals voted to deny variance V00001-2025 for an exterior elevator shaft at 8 Kent Avenue, siding with staff that the requested 4-foot side-yard setback represents a self-imposed hardship and that alternatives on the north or east elevations would meet zoning standards.
Acting Chair Jay Burrus and the La Plata Board of Appeals denied variance V00001-2025 on the request to reduce the southern side-yard setback from 10 feet to 4 feet for a new exterior elevator shaft at 8 Kent Avenue.
Planner Debbie Simpson told the board that the property owner, Oakwood Associates LLC, applied to replace an interior elevator with a larger exterior shaft that would encroach into the required 10-foot side-yard setback. "Staff finds variant 00001-2025 to be a self-imposed hardship because the elevator shaft could be placed on the north or east elevation side of the building and still meet the CB zone development standards," Simpson said, adding…
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