Board allows Yoder lot split: easement will serve new buildable tract
Aug 6, 2026
The BZA approved a development-standards variance to allow Orvin and Ruth Yoder to create a buildable 10‑acre tract accessed by a long-standing 25-foot easement, after staff confirmed setbacks can be met using the easement as access.
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The Noble County BZA approved a variance that lets the Yoders subdivide a parcel and create a buildable lot using an existing 25-foot easement for access. Planning staff said the easement has been used for decades and that the proposed new parcel’s setbacks can be satisfied when the easement is treated as the access route.
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