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Zoning board approves variances for townhouse at 148 Church Avenue
Summary
The Columbia Borough Zoning Hearing Board approved variances enabling redevelopment of 148 Church Avenue into a townhouse, finding unique lot hardships but imposing seven conditions including a three-foot side setback, single-family occupancy only and compliance with stormwater and construction codes.
The Columbia Borough Zoning Hearing Board voted to approve variances allowing redevelopment of 148 Church Avenue into a townhouse after the property owner told the board the lot’s size and shape make full compliance with the borough’s dimensional rules infeasible.
Jeffrey Sugden, the property owner and applicant, told the board his lot measures about 1,379 square feet while the borough table for the high-density residential district requires 2,500 square feet, and that the lot’s width is about 15 feet 6 inches compared with the 18-foot minimum. He requested reductions to minimum lot…
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