Flower Mound BOA unanimously grants special exception to allow remodel at legally nonconforming home

The Town of Flower Mound Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to grant a special exception allowing remodeling of a legally nonconforming house at 124 Red Oak Lane.

The board approved the request after Assistant Building Official Brace Dunham told the panel the town code (Section 78-240 and related special-exception provisions) allows reconstruction or repair of a legal nonconforming structure if the cost of repair is less than 60% of the structure’s most recent tax-appraised value and the board finds the exception will not harm the neighborhood. Dunham said the structure’s appraised value is $523,673 and the contractor’s construction estimate is $273,075, a figure the building official determined is below the 60% threshold required for the owner to seek a special exception.

The applicant is Wilbur and Karen Gregory;…