Corner lot setback standards for residential infill
Summary
The board granted a variance letting a new single-family home on a Baumgart Rd corner lot build closer to the side street than the code normally allows. It's a small tweak for one house, but shows how the board handles corner-lot rules that shape neighborhood street appearances.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
No cost to the city — this is a private builder's project.
Dan Peters of Robert Peters Construction and future homeowners of the new house get more flexible site design.
The three homeowners whose variance requests were denied.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Zoning & Planning Board of Appeals - Sep 21, 2026
Three homeowners sought exceptions to residential rules — side yard setbacks, front-yard fence height, and garage size limits — and only the porch setback was granted. The decisions keep uniform limits on how close buildings sit to lot lines, how tall front fences can be, and how big garages can get relative to the house.
Zoning & Planning Board of Appeals - May 18, 2026
The board granted a variance letting a new single-family home on a Baumgart Rd corner lot build closer to the side street than the code normally allows. It's a small tweak for one house, but shows how the board handles corner-lot rules that shape neighborhood street appearances.
Related development
Appeal 26-20 — 919 Division Street side yard setback variance
Lets a narrow-lot homeowner keep a safe replacement porch in place.
1437 Baumgart Rd variance (Appeal 26-10)
Clears the way for a new single-family home on a lot that otherwise couldn't be developed, with the house set in line with most others on the block.
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