Board of Adjustment overturns planning and zoning vote on height variance

The Wrangell board of adjustment voted 4-0 to overturn a denied three-foot housing variance Monday.

James Brenner, who intends to build a house near the intersection of Zimovia Highway and Pine Street on property owned by Bert and Tammy McCay, was originally granted a setback variance in a 5-0 decision by the borough planning and zoning commission, but denied the height variance by a 3-2 vote after neighbor Timothy Murray complained that the height variance would rob him of daylight. Murray had suggested Brenner use a differently pitched roof in order to avoid breaking zoning regulations perta...