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Denied: Board of appeals rejects variance seeking flag lot

Denied: Board of appeals rejects variance seeking flag lot
Medford mayor Laura Holmes (far right) and appeals board member Al Leonard look over a variance request brought to the Zoning Board of Appeals as city planner Bob Christensen (center) passes out information to residents of Gibson St. and Cedar St. on Wednesday, April 29. Neighbors of the proposed lot were openly opposed to the variance. The owners of the parcel who were seeking the variance were not at the meeting. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS
Denied: Board of appeals rejects variance seeking flag lot
Medford mayor Laura Holmes (far right) and appeals board member Al Leonard look over a variance request brought to the Zoning Board of Appeals as city planner Bob Christensen (center) passes out information to residents of Gibson St. and Cedar St. on Wednesday, April 29. Neighbors of the proposed lot were openly opposed to the variance. The owners of the parcel who were seeking the variance were not at the meeting. MANDEE ELLIS/THE STAR NEWS

A variance requested by Charles and Jeanette Johnson was hotly contested at a city of Medford Zoning Board of Appeals meeting held on Wednesday, April 29.

The request states that the Johnsons...

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