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Front porch and addition variances at 405 Ashland Avenue

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Case VA-25-10 re-noticed the owners' request at 405 Ashland Avenue with an added variance. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 7–0 on a motion recommending a major variance for an addition to a nonconforming residence and approving a minor variance for an addition in the front yard setback. In a separate vote of 6–1 it recommended a major variance allowing an unenclosed front porch to encroach the front yard by more than the code allows. The City Council's action on the major variances is not covered by this record.

Documented status: Public hearing (recorded), Mar 20 2025. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

Official identifiers: VA-25-10

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Approved · Recorded in minutes

    Board approves the minor front yard variance

    Hearing date: Mar 20 2025. Item IV.C: the motion carried (7 to 0).

    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.

  2. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in minutes

    Board recommends the major variances to the City Council

    Hearing date: Mar 20 2025. Item IV.C: the motion carried (7 to 0). Item IV.C: the motion carried (6 to 1).

    • p. 8 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 9 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.

  3. · Public hearing · Recorded in minutes

    Zoning Board of Appeals holds the public hearing

    Hearing date: Mar 20 2025. Case VA-25-10. Address: 405 Ashland Avenue. Applicant: NICK HANSEN.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND ACTION: Variances at 405 Ashland Avenue - VA-25-10 (Majors/Minor) (Staff Memorandum), Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20, Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025. 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.

After the decision: permits at this address

Permits dated after Mar 20, 2025 (Board approves the minor front yard variance).

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: 405 Ashland Avenue

    405 N Ashland Ave

    No permits recorded after Mar 20, 2025 through Nov 1, 2026.

  • Matched by address: 405 Ashland Avenue

    405 N Ashland Ave

    5 permits recorded after Mar 20, 2025 through Nov 1, 2026: Other, New construction, Electrical, Addition; $1,059,695 in declared value; first Apr 15, 2025, last Aug 19, 2026.

    Permits recorded after the decision at 405 N Ashland Ave
    IssuedTypeWorkStatusDeclared value
    Aug 19, 2026New constructionUNDERGROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSTALLATIONPending$9,695
    May 4, 2026OtherREMOVING INTERIOR GARAGE DOOR, MINOR CONCRETE WORKClosed$30,000
    Apr 27, 2026ElectricalMISC ELECTRICClosed$5,000
    Apr 15, 2026OtherFENCEClosed$15,000
    Apr 15, 2025AdditionADDITION REMODELClosed$1,000,000

Official source records

  1. Zoning Board of Appeals minutes, 2025-03-20

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025

  2. PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND ACTION: Variances at 405 Ashland Avenue - VA-25-10 (Majors/Minor) (Staff Memorandum)

    Zoning Board of Appeals, Mar 20 2025

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 3 revised.

  2. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Front porch and addition variances at 405 Ashland Avenue,” sources reviewed 2026-09-27, 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.