Cumberland County BZA sets a November 18 hearing on a Burton Drive setback request

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The county notice identifies case BZA 26-02, a one-acre A-2 parcel and a requested front-setback variance.

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What the legal notice says is under review

Cumberland County says its Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing Wednesday, November 18, at 6 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom of the Cumberland County Courthouse, 17 Courthouse Circle. The notice identifies the matter as BZA 26-02.

According to the notice, Earnest L. Allen Jr. requests a variance from the county's 75-foot front-setback rule for Tax Map 72-A-22A, a one-acre vacant tract off Burton Drive in election district 4 and zoned A-2 agricultural.

Those are the county's descriptions of the application, not an approval or an independent property survey.

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The county says copies are available through the Planning Department during its listed weekday hours and invites affected people to present views at the hearing. The notice also provides an advance accommodation route through the County Administrator's Office.

A public hearing is a step in the record. Use the final BZA action and signed county documents to determine the outcome; do not infer approval, construction authority or a neighbor's position from the hearing notice.

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Cumberland County — Board of Zoning Appeals public hearing

Official notice posted October 22 and checked November 2, 2026 for the hearing date, time, place, case number, parcel description and requested variance.

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