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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 1, 1992                   TAG: 9112310313
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
SOURCE: Mark Layman
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NAMES IN '91

Close only counts, the saying goes, with horseshoes and hand grenades.

It sure doesn't count with Roanoke County's Board of Zoning Appeals.

In August, the zoning appeals board turned down a variance request for a house in Glade Hill Estates that violated setback requirements. The house was 5 1/2 feet too close to the road. The house could not be sold until a variance was approved or the violation was corrected.

The builder moved the house.

Another setback violation was on the zoning appeals board's agenda in November. This time, it was for a house at 8210 Bayberry Court in Southwest Roanoke County. A corner of the garage of the house was six inches too close to the road.

Again, the zoning appeals board refused to grant a variance.

The builder remodeled the garage. The entire house now is behind the setback line, and it has been sold.

Keywords:
YEAR 1991

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