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Board of Adjustment approves height-variance method for renovated home at 210 Gaver Court
Summary
The Fairhope City Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a variance allowing building height for 210 Gaver Court to be measured from the upland/top-of-bluff portion of the lot, enabling the owner to renovate a nonconforming 1970 house without meeting the 2017 whole-lot average-height standard.
The Fairhope City Board of Adjustment on April 21 unanimously approved a height variance that lets the owner of 210 Gaver Court measure building height from the upland portion of the lot rather than the lotwide average used in the city’s current zoning ordinance.
Planning staff told the board the 0.72‑acre R‑2 lot contains a deep rear gully that drags down the average natural elevation under the 2017 definition of building height, making much of the parcel effectively unbuildable. Staff said the existing house, built in 1970 and roughly 2,500 square…
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