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Friday, April 28, 2006
Ind. Law - Tear it down, or not?
One of the recurrent issues in zoning law is highlighted in this story today by Jenni Glenn in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headlined "Costly bedroom approved despite zoning snooze." It begins:
A homeowner on one of Fort Wayne’s most upscale streets will be able to complete a $500,000 renovation project that faced demolition because of a zoning violation.The master bedroom being added to Kevin and Cara Gerbers’ Forest Park Boulevard home was started too close to the property line. But Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals members agreed Thursday that it would be too costly to ask the contractor, Cedar Creek Homes Inc., to demolish the addition and start over.
Board members issued a stern warning to Cedar Creek Homes’ co-owner Tim Stauffer to follow the city’s zoning ordinance more carefully in the future.
“Approved or not, I hope the next time Mr. Stauffer decides to do work in the city limits he’s a little more cautious about it,” board member Andy Downs said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 28, 2006 09:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Law