Board of Zoning Appeals - Regular Meeting

Okay, we'll call the more meeting of the board of zone appeals to order. Um, do I hear has everyone had a chance to read over the minutes? And do I hear a motion for approval? I'll make a motion we approve the minutes. Motion's been made. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Second. Second's been made. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Moving on to um approval of agenda. Does any items need to be added? Anyone got anything? Do I hear a motion to approve the agenda? I'll make a motion to approve. Motion's been made. Do I hear a second?

L second. Do all in favor say I. I. I. Next item on the agenda is election of officers since this is the first meeting of the officers. Would anyone want to take my position? I make a motion that the position stay the same. I hear a railroad. I'll second. It's been all positions stay the same. Motion has been made and properly second. All in favor say I. Opposed gee um congratulations.

Yes. Uh all the public comments will be taken after each item has been presented. So, if you can hold your public comments when that item comes before us, we'll give you a chance to u after they talk and um present their piece piece of proposal. Uh the first item on agenda 1893 Warren Road has been deferred to the next meeting. They had some issues uh car troubles and stuff and they couldn't make the meeting. So if anyone's here for that. Moving on. Variance request 5 acre minimum A1 zone 595 Pineer Road. Mr. Thompson or a Thompson. Mrs. Thompson, I'm sorry. Uh if you would like to come to the podium and I need you to come to the podium and speak into the mic and if you would. Um and what are you asking?

Um we're basically asking right now there's three owners on the property. Um, my sister is no longer wanting to Alicia Sullivan is no longer wanting her portion of the property and Sylvia and I are wanting to be able to split the property in half. Drawing. Why are you wanting to split the property in half? Um, we want to put my grandson in a home in the field over there

to do what? My my child is he's currently he's 25 years old, but he is on disability and we're having a hard time finding somewhere for him to live that he can afford on his own, but he wants to be on his own. So, we're wanting to split it so he can have a home on half of the property and then her still staying her home on the other half. So you have a house already on the property on the five acres and you're wanting cut off two and a half basically two and a half acres for him to have a house. Yes. And it's open field on that side. Okay. Like her her existing everything that she has there is like basically to one side.

Okay. Of the property. We did a drawing if you'd like to see. Okay. If you don't mind. This is where the road is and it already has two addresses already. And there's two different like here's a driveway entrance over here. This is where my stepmother already lives on this side and there's a 10 foot away from the her shed is 10 foot away from where approximately the halfway would be and her home is 25 ft away. Is this is this Pine Road here? Yes. And and how much how much frontage do you have on Pine Road?

They have 188 on each side. Yeah, it's 377 total. And then each side would be 188. Now would you have enough room to whatever structure he wants to put there, the house, trailer or to have the 50 foot setbacks from each side? Yes. Yes. And 50 50 all the way around. Okay. So that's 80 something feet. What I don't know if you put a house house trailer what whatever anybody want to see this talked to me.

Who was your surveyor? Whenever we spoke with him, he said that we would need to apply for the variance and see whether or not it would be approved before he could come out and do any kind of survey work. So, basically, you're wanting your son to live next to you on the grandson. I'm I apologize. Yeah. He's like she said, he's on disability and he doesn't need to be out there by himself, but he wants to live on his own. This way, he can live on his own and still family close by to take care of them if something happens. Okay,

Mr. Chairman, I think this should be approved. So, move motion's been made to approve this. Um, we still need to I'll second it. And it's motion's been But I the the reason would be in the standards. Yes, we need to quote them if

it would be four because it would be in harmony with the general purpose intent of the resolution. Okay. But I don't know if it wouldn't be for three also for the reasons fully set forth in the findings of the board and the circumstances and conditions are such because it's going to be her grandson living there. Yes. And that's family. That's family. I could apply both really. So three and four. The motion's been made and properly seconded to grant the variance of of on standards for variance D3 and D4. Correct.

Yes sir. Okay. Any other discussion? Would anybody else like to speak on this? Okay, seeing none, we'll proceed to vote. All in favor say I. Any oppose? It passes five to zero. Thank you. Thank you. And that's what this is for, for and that's what all this has been created for, for families to stay together.

Are we You're done. You You'll just uh check with Cindy and Kurt tomorrow and they should be able to get you started down the right road. Okay. We've never done this before. Yeah, we understand. Thank you. Have a great day. Henry Co. Vernon Whitten. It's up at the corner. Next item on the agenda is a variance request 5acre minimum A1 807 Vernon Whitten Road. If you would state your name, sir. I was supposed to ask them. Dr. Qua. Quo. Yeah. Quueva.

Okay. Yeah. I have a land 32 acre in Bon Winton but uh I want to make my build my own house over there my primary home in two

employees if you will. Yeah, I want to build the house in the two acre if possible. This can to give me this chance to build my own house because this I buy this in the in the 2018. But I have the travel to make the house over there for the builder not going over there. And now it's expensive. I find out now the small house to build over there. Uh I have over here the the quotation of the builder.

This is the quotation of the new builder. I find out for a small house. Okay. This one should be my primary house. Okay. Okay. So, let me make sure I understand this right. You bought this property in 2018 and you want to cut off a two acre lot. Yeah. To build a house. Yeah. To keep the cost down to certain Excuse me. Why are you wanting to Why Why are you wanting to cut it down to two and maintain? Uh one is uh the problem I'm retired. I'm I'm not uh good health and also I don't want to take care to five acre too big for me. So, do you plan on selling the rest of it? Yeah. The whole as one as one set lot?

Yeah. You'll sell like if we knock two off, there'll be 30 acres left. Yeah. You plan on selling it as a whole? Okay. This is the reason. Okay.

Why do you pick two acres? I mean, could you not do a five acre lot? It's too big. Five acre for me for take care. Also I don't have a equipment for take care of this land for fa. Okay.

Do you have a buyer for the remaining acreage? Can you see? Uh not yet but uh I want to put back this year done now after after release this uh part. I want to put in the market because last year was in the market for about eight months across the street. It's uh very difficult to sell now. Now it is going down the price everything and this is the reason I went through this one and still next or this year I want to put in the market after.

Yeah. Okay. Thank you. There's an old house on the corner there. It was over there, but uh I'm be uh unlivable, unfixable. I put down I clean up already. Yes. It was in pretty bad shape, I think, when you bought it. Yes, sir.

I was in 18. I was thinking to build the house. I pay over here the so I pay the for the safety $500 expire already for the building this one builder accept the work over there but then tell me this I can't to do okay it's too far what what's your road frontage width do you know the how wide the road frontage is how much road frontage you have this is because we can't cut. You still have to have 50 foot for the other section. And

this is the this is the where this is the window. All house was over here. This one I want to build over here around here because I don't want to take Okay. So Meadows Road come. So there's a curve here and you're this Okay. So you have enough room to I have over here because the utilities is over here more closer and also the electricity is 250. Yes. Put me the post over there. So you're want to cut this slot off right here. Basically over here only not not here. It'll have 50 foot of road frontage. Over here maybe

it'll have 50 foot of road front. Yeah. Because it it Meadows Road also it goes down Edge Meadows Road. Bernie went in middle. Okay. So, it'll have it on both sides. Yeah. Okay. Where's this 250 sign? That's I think that's from here to here. So, it's 550. Yeah. Yeah. I'm showing 550 or so. And the house is still there or No, it's demolished. Okay. I think Jason Dendy used to live right there. I'm not for sure in the house the concrete driveway. I may be wrong.

Yeah. Somebody building this part of the house. This one this one was same same old but this one sold this one. So there's sufficient road frontage wherever you want to put that.

The my my take on this is can we grant the two acres in the A1 area for this? I mean that that's the only question. His hardship would be his age and not being able to tend to five acres. Yes. And I can understand that that that would be and that would I don't remember which one of this this would fall under. Yeah, that's uh under three I think for because of reasonable use of his land. Uh deprivation of any reasonable use of his land. Yeah.

More or less in value shall not justify. And I understand I couldn't take five acres right now. Yeah. Well, I mean, I'm just And if you plan on cutting it up the other end of tracks or to sell it in one big plot over here, I want to divide this one for be a little bit far from from the road. Yeah. But this side I went to this one because have access for this this side the buy some maybe when I when I saw come out for here or for here I want I don't want to cross over here now if you were to sell the rest of this

it would have to be in five acre you would have to have them in five acre track yeah this is five acre for come out for here and this one come out for here okay but I want to give access if I this one across, but all we would be granting is where you would build your house. That that's all we have. No, the rest of this on that two acres that you asked for. I make a motion to approve. The motion's been made to approve. Do I hear a second? I'll second it.

Motion's been made and properly approved. You can take all this right here, sir. Motion been made and properly approve or seconded. Do I hear any more further discussion? It would be three. Correct. Yes. Okay. Yes. For standard reasons. Is there any does anybody else in the audience want to say anything else on this? Okay. So, we're going with standards for variance D3. We'll proceed to vote. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. It passes.

Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Tomorrow. Yes, sir. Yes, they they will. Thank you.

We're moving on. The last item on the agenda, variance request 5 acre minimum A1 171 Sanctuary Lane. Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robinson. I'm Andrew Robertson, the current owner.

Okay. And we're just looking at breaking off two acres. Um, my wife's parents are looking at moving this direction and building a house on our 32 acres there. And so, um, breaking off two acres for them to be able to build their house on so it can be theirs so they can get a mortgage on it that way. Okay. Um, we looked at doing more, but we do have to do a partial release um, from our mortgage and with two acres it's going to be 55,000 just with that. So, we're trying to keep it as small and then also if something were to happen, which it won't, but if it were to happen and it were to go back to the bank or something like that, we want to keep it as small as we can while still giving them a good parcel there. So that's kind of the reasons we want to look for the twoacre uh variance.

Okay. Where is Sanctuary Lane in Beach Grove? Uh do you know where Gossber Church is? Gossber. Yes, sir. Uh just before that is Sutton's Branch Road. Okay. Sanctuary is our driveway. Okay. So they they made us name it. So but if you know where Sutton's Branch is, we're right down there. So you're right off Sutton Branch. We sure are. Pretty part of the country right there. It is. Yes, sir. Now Mr. Uh, wat still keep cattle up in there? Yeah, he's right across the road from us. Okay. Yes. If he doesn't keep a quarry there, that's that's a topic for another meeting. Yeah. So, you say you might be getting a neighbor. That's what I was What's that? They're trying to force a neighbor on you, I think. Uhhuh.

The two acres you're wanting cut off, will it have road act? Your drive your driveway would not qualify as a road. It has to go to a county road 50-foot access. Would it have that? Um, it will not go to a county road. It'll be behind our house. So, it'll be access will be off of Sanctuary Lane. Okay.

Let me Well, that's above 15 acres, right? Yes. And I think that is approved when it's above 15 acres. The two houses per driveway. Yes. It has to be 15 acres or I think it has to be in green belt. You are in the green belt. Yeah. Green belt. Yeah. So, it can be done as far as as far as I two two driveways per two houses per driveway.

Kurt said we could have three at one time, but um because of the old farm rule, whatever that is. If it's in green belt, we could have three dwellings. Yeah, but it has to be in green belt. It can't be just off of Yeah. Yeah. subdivision like Sure. good parking land where yes, we have our separate permit in here. Okay, this is uh then Doug Doug Coun at St. John just finished our survey which I was trying to bring the plat tonight but so it's all it's all surveyed off and ready to go by him. Do you like your in-laws?

You know, I almost brought that up, but I knew we're on a live stream, so uh Well, that that is fine. We we are because they No, we love them. They are They are great. Well, they'll be in your back door. Yes. Yes, they will. And it'll be great. That is That is just a legit question. That is We We've measured. Don't worry. It's all good. Okay. What would happen if they for some reason needed to sell this? What would happen?

The driveway is an easement and so it would be um it would just turn into somebody else's land. But we would want to get it back if we could. That would be the goal is we would want it to revert to us but they'll have a mortgage on it. So that's why we're kind of looking worst case scenarios here like what would happen. So I just worst case scenario you have somebody else in your backyard. That is correct. And we plant lots more trees. I understand. So we would not want that to happen. We want we would want to get it back again because

and it'll be they're putting up a,200 square foot. So it it wouldn't be it wouldn't be a ton we would have to put out to get it back again. I'll make the motion that we accept it under D3 and four. I'll second. Motion's been made to accept. Are you here for that, ma'am? No. Okay.

Okay. Okay. We'll get to you just in just a second. I apologize. Um motion's been made and properly second under you say D3 and four. Yes. D3 and four. Any further discussion on this? We'll proceed to vote. All in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? It passes. Uh just it's admirable ad admirable that you take care of your in-laws. Yes. My mother lives across the road and uh wouldn't have anything in world. That's the goal, you know.

Um that's that's kind of why we get challenged with this task, right? Yeah. So, thank you for serving our county. Appreciate y'all. Well, thank you. Great. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Anything else? You had a question, ma'am? Know when it was going to be rescheduled for it. As far as I know, it will be rescheduled for next month's meeting and it will be the third Thursday at 6 o'clock. That's what that's when our meetings are. Um I happen to be in the office when they called today. They had somebody with car trouble in Nashville

and and there was just some breakdowns. Okay. So, if they didn't provide they didn't give them to us. Okay. My husband and I are going through divorce and I'm fixing to build a home on the rights. Okay. My only concern is that they're not fixing to this house right next window. I understand that they have to be 50 foot off the property line, right? But I don't think the place that they're going to put their house is going to park any et

all all we deal with. We don't deal with the perk sites and all that. That's through the state. show you where they intend to put two acres. It's very rough. I mean, you saw the application. Yeah, that's that's we got a piece of paper is what we got. My wife and I want to give two to three acres to my daughter. They have to provide that information that night. Yes, ma'am. Can we ask you Well, we ask a lot of questions too if you notice about what you're doing and why you're doing it. We need the justification for it before we approve

it. November. Yes. She put she had the wrong date. Yeah. And I was late because supposed to be there right now, but I wanted to make sure this didn't Well, there's also an agenda center on the county's website. an agenda center that you can actually look at the agendas for each meeting whether it be the um county commission or this meeting or planning commission. They're all You can just Google agenda center coffee county and it'll come up right on Google

board of zoning appeals drawings it will post on there yeah see on see if you look up here right now this is tonight's agenda it's listed on here and see it has all the applications and drawings and everything on this agenda okay so coffee countyn.gov Go and just you can put agenda on the end of that. It'll find it. Okay.

Thank you. You too. Anything else anyone has? Well, I greatly appreciate you have anything to say? I do not. So, uh, I greatly appreciate your attendance because you've been loyal and, uh, thank you. Thank you very much. I'm an ICC junkie and getting ready to take all those certifications, things like that there and basically very active in the ICC and I appreciate you guys are doing. So, thank you. Well, thank you very much. With that, anything else? Do I hear a motion to adjurnn? I'll make a motion to adjurnn and I will second it then. Motion been made in second. Uh, I'll see you guys next month. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. make it last month. Unfortunat