The Board of Zoning Appeals met 06/17/2024. One of the variance requests was from a residential property owner on Leminwah Street who wanted to construct an attached two-car garage 4 ½ feet from her property’s side lot line; however, the city’s Municipal Code requires a […]
Tag: Variances
Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance Allowing Fox Commons Development To Install Multiple Signs With A Cumulative Size Of 581 Square Feet
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 05/20/2024. One of the variances they took up was a requestion from the developers of the Fox Common’s Development to install multiple wall signs along the College Avenue side of the building that had a cumulative size of 581 […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Residential Owner’s Variance Request To Build Garage In Front Yard
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 05/20/2024. One of the items they took up was a variance request from a property owner on Estherbrook Court wanting to build a garage 25 feet from the front property line which was closer to the front property line […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Meeting 05/20/2024 – Will Take Up Three Variances Requests, Two For Garages On Residential Properties, One For Signage On Fox Commons Development
The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 05/20/2024 at 7PM. They will be taking up three separate requests for variances. The first variance request is from a home owner on Easterbrook Court who would like replace two existing garages with one single garage within the […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Variance To ThedaCare For Oversized Sign Along Highway 41, Denies Request For 280 Sq Foot Electronic Message Board
Back in September on 09/18/2023, the Board of Zoning Appeals met and took up two variance requests for a proposed sign on the ThedaCare/Encircle property. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: Encircle had two signs along Highway 41, but with the Highway […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance For 4-Foot-Tall Front Yard Fence, Allowing In-Home Daycare Owner To Remain In Operation
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. One of the variance requests they took up was a request from a property owner on Badger Avenue to maintain a 4-foot-tall fence that was along the front yard property line. The local zoning ordinance limits front yard […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Approves Variance Request For Seymour Street Residence Allowing 6 Foot Fence To Be Built 13 Feet From Front Yard Property Line
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. One of the variance requests they took up was a request from the owner of a property on W Seymour Street to erect a 6-foot-tall fence 13 feet from what was technically the front yard property line even […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Grants Variance Allowing Garage To Be Located 1 Foot Closer To House Than Allowed By Code
The Board of Zoning Appeals met 12/18/2023. The variance request I was most interested in watching was the request from a homeowner on Clara Street whose contractor had built his new garage 4 feet away from the house rather than the required minimum of 5 […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 10/23/2023 – Will Vote On Small Business Saturday Free Parking Request, Permitted Over-Night Parking Resolution, Variance For Driveway Extension
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 10/23/2023 at 4:30PM. There are three items on the agenda that I could see resulting in detailed discussion. The first is the request from Appleton Downtown Inc for free ramp and meter parking on Small Business Saturday. This item […]
Board Of Zoning Appeals Denies Variance Request To Engage Orthodontics – Clinic Will Not Be Able To Add Additional Parking Stalls To Lot
Since it was a slow week last week in terms of city meetings, I had an opportunity to go back and listen to the July Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. They took up two variance requests. The first was a variance request to allow a […]