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Zoning board legalizes gazebo and sunroom built without permits; garage plan held for a site visit

Name: Zoning board legalizes gazebo and sunroom built without permits; garage plan held for a site visit
Uploaded: 2026-09-15T19:00:00-04:00
Duration: 1 h 7 min 30 s
Description: The Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances legalizing a gazebo that survived a Newton Court house fire and a sunroom and storage shed at a Cleveland Drive house bought out of a reverse mortgage. A third application, to raise the roof of a garage that sits three feet from the lot lines on Hastings Avenue, was held open for a site visit after the owner did not appear.

Sep 15, 2026 8508 words transcribed

The Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances legalizing a gazebo that survived a Newton Court house fire and a sunroom and storage shed at a Cleveland Drive house bought out of a reverse mortgage. A third application, to raise the roof of a garage that sits three feet from the lot lines on Hastings Avenue, was held open for a site visit after the owner did not appear.

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Key Actions & Decisions

● Granted a front yard variance of 11.8 feet and a variance allowing an accessory structure nearer the street than the house, legalizing an existing gazebo at 8 Newton Court (Matthew Robinson).

● Granted 12-foot side yard, 4.4-foot total side yard and 6.2-foot front yard variances legalizing a sunroom and attached storage shed at 215 Cleveland Drive (Eric Berger).

● Took no vote on 98 Hastings Avenue (Thor Snilsberg) — a front porch variance renewal plus new variances for a garage roof — and scheduled a site visit and a request for neighbor letters instead.

● Adopted a confirmatory resolution memorializing the board's June 16 interpretation of the village code provision on keeping domestic animals.