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Applicant requests variance to build 22-by-22 carport that would encroach into 25-foot setback
Summary
At a local meeting a presenter described a plan to build a 22-by-22 carport that would extend into a standard 25-foot front-yard setback; staff explained the setback is a longstanding standard and participants debated whether to table the request or decide now.
A presenter at the meeting described a variance request to build a 22-by-22 carport that would extend into the city's 25-foot front-yard setback. "They wanna build a 22 foot by 22 foot carport," the presenter said, and supplied measurements: the house sits about 57 feet from the street and the property line is approximately 35 feet from the house, leaving the proposed carport roughly 10–12 feet inside the 25-foot setback.
Staff and other participants discussed how the setback is measured (from the property line rather than the edge of the street) and whether the request should be decided at this meeting or tabled for more information. One participant noted prior attempts had been denied in other cases, and the group asked for clarification of whether this location was the same as previous variances. The transcript does not record a final vote or formal outcome on the variance in the provided segments; next procedural steps were left unresolved in the recording.
