Received an email pointing out that Michael Kimmel's request for a change in the ordinance regarding the reconstruction of buildings built in Carbondale before 1974 is due mainly the the way in which many of those buildings were constructed. Currently city ordinances require homes and outbuildings to set back from property lines. Many older homes in Carbondale, built pre-zoning, come up right to the property line, especially the garages and other outbuildings and therefore do not conform to current standards.
The change would allow repairs and reconstruction of those buildings where they stand, without having to wait for natural causes to damage them, essentially grandfathering them in regarding placement on the lot while bringing them up to code in other ways. Many of the lots on which these buildings stand are pretty small and requiring movement of the building is likely not feasible in a number of cases.
The change would allow repairs and reconstruction of those buildings where they stand, without having to wait for natural causes to damage them, essentially grandfathering them in regarding placement on the lot while bringing them up to code in other ways. Many of the lots on which these buildings stand are pretty small and requiring movement of the building is likely not feasible in a number of cases.
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