A permit to reduce the street side yard setback from 20 feet to 16 feet and the rear setback from 30 feet to 24 feet for a garage addition at a south Tempe home was approved at a recent meeting of the Tempe Development Review Commission.

The commission voted unanimously Aug. 26 as part of a consent agenda with other items to approve the permit.

Applicant Fine Line Designs is seeking the permit to construct a single-bay garage addition to the west side of a home at 1307 E. Greentree Drive.

“The owner would like a garage to fit his vehicle as the existing garage is too small. There is a hardship with a corner street side lot as the setback is typical(ly) more restrictive than an interior lot,” Scott Merritt, Fine Line Designs residential designer, said in a written project narrative.

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