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Zoning Board of Adjustment Variances Fall 2026

At a glance

  • What: variance requests heard by the Zoning Board of Adjustment ahead of each Planning Commission meeting.
  • Where it stands: Variances 26VA023 and 26VA026 (September 10), 26VA027 (September 24), 26VA028 (October 8 and 22), 26VA030 (October 22) and 26VA031 (November 5) appeared on agendas. On November 5 the board approved 26VA031, a carport side yard setback reduction from 8 to 3 feet, against a staff recommendation of denial (from captions; minutes not read). Other outcomes were not read.
  • Next: The Zoning Board of Adjustment next meets with the Planning Commission on the inferred November 19 date.

Details

  • Details beyond the agenda titles were not read.
  • Source limits: built from the City's agenda item pages and, for council actions, YouTube auto-generated captions. No agenda PDF or minutes were read; outcomes are unconfirmed against the minutes.

Sources

Log

2026-11-19 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Scheduled (date inferred); related items may come up, agenda not yet posted.

2026-11-05 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Variance 26VA031 on the agenda. Per the captions, approved by voice vote with no opposition heard, despite staff recommending denial; see the meeting page for the reasoning.

2026-10-22 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Variances 26VA028 and 26VA030 on the agenda.

2026-10-08 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Variance 26VA028 on the agenda.

2026-09-24 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Variance 26VA027 on the agenda.

2026-09-10 - Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission

  • Variances 26VA023 and 26VA026 on the agenda.