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Front yard fence variance at 315 S. Dee Road

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At a public hearing on March 18, 2021, the Zoning Board of Appeals considered a request by Stephanie Shintani-Smith and Sean Smith for major variances to allow a fence to encroach into the required front yard setback at 315 S. Dee Road, a corner property. The board voted by roll call to recommend that the City Council approve the variances. The City Council's final decision is not part of this record.

Documented status: Committee recommendation (recorded), Mar 18 2021. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Public hearing · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing

    Hearing date: Mar 18 2021. Address: 315 S. Dee Road. Applicant: STEPHANIE SHINTANI-SMITH. Applicant: SEAN SMITH.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021. Open the quote and source.
  2. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals recommends approval to the City Council

    Hearing date: Mar 18 2021. Item IV: the motion carried.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

No amount is published for this item.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

No condition or deadline is published for this item. That is a limit of the published research, not evidence that none exist.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Permits at this address since the first recorded event

No approval, award or execution is recorded, so permits are counted after the first dated event, Mar 18, 2021 (Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing).

Computed by code from the building permits in the Park Ridge property release (the county permit feed), as of Nov 1, 2026. A permit shows that work was authorized, not that it was completed, and no permit recorded does not establish that nothing was built. A parcel matched by address is nominated by the address written in the record; that does not prove the record concerns it.

  • Matched by address: 315 S. Dee Road

    315 S Dee Rd

    5 permits recorded after Mar 18, 2021 through Nov 1, 2026: Other, Sewer, New construction; $24,290 in declared value; first Jun 28, 2021, last May 18, 2026.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 315 S Dee Rd
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    May 18, 2026OtherFENCEClosed$1,585
    Jun 11, 2025SewerSANITARY SEWER REPAIRClosed$6,500
    Jul 27, 2021New constructionLAWN IRRIGATION SYSTEM PRIVATE PROPERTYClosed$5,000
    Jun 28, 2021OtherFENCEClosed$3,660
    Jun 28, 2021OtherADDING 18 SQ FT TO PATIO, BLUSTONE PAVERSClosed$7,545

Official source records

  1. Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2021-03-18

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 18 2021

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Front yard fence variance at 315 S. Dee Road,” sources reviewed 2026-09-24, source records listed on this page.

Initial permanent evidence page published September 10, 2026. Follow the dated evidence above for later additions and changes. A source-check date alone does not establish a government action or project outcome.