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Douglas County Zoning Front Setback Variance Example Drawing

The Santa Fe-style home we designed for Paul & Judy Albers in Roxborough State Park provided us with a challenging site.  Due to the deep drainage ditch in the rear portion our building envelope was very shallow and we submitted to Douglas County Zoning for an administrative variance to decrease the front setback. An administrative [...]

City of Denver Individual Lot As-Built Setback Verification

Denver has added new rules for 2009 requiring verification of setback conformance for any one or two family dwelling. Where it is designed to be built within 1′-0″ of the setback, the building department requires a site plan indicating dimensions of the outside face of the foundation and the projection of the wall and any [...]

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