Zoning board approves driveway-width extension for Wexford Drive homeowner

The Bowling Green Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance that allows a 9-by-33-foot driveway extension at 1723 Wexford Drive, increasing the driveway width by 5 feet beyond the limit tied to the garage width.

Homeowner Alan Davis told the board his household has six vehicles and two newly licensed drivers, and that the extension would reduce on-street parking, improve sight lines for vehicles entering the street, and help keep sidewalks clear during snow season. “I’m trying to…limit the amount of street traffic and parking that there is down there as the community keeps growing,” Davis said.

Planning staff presented renderings, measurements and noted the proposed extension would maintain the required setback and had met public-notice requirements. Board members cited repeated similar requests in the same subdivision, emphasized pedestrian safety and snowplow access, and at least one member thanked Davis for efforts to keep sidewalks passable.

A motion to approve the request as submitted was moved and seconded and passed on a roll call in which all present voted yes. The chair urged the applicant to work with the planning department to obtain needed permits.

The board closed the evening by handling any remaining lobby business and adjourning the meeting.