BZA approves variance to reduce frontage requirement on State Route 639; land-use tax, traffic concerns raised

The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance to cut the required frontage from 300 feet to 100 feet on State Route 639 for the parcel identified as Tax Map 28 Section 10 Parcel 1, after staff said the change would not trigger rollback taxes and members discussed nonconformity and potential traffic hazards.

Planning staff said, "there won't be any rollback taxes because you're not doing a rezoning, you're not doing a change of use." The staff explanation said the lots could remain in a land-use classification if they are at least about 12 acres and maintained under an agricultural use or an open-space agreement, and that remaining in those statuses would meet the land-use requirement described in the staff presentation.

The variance request — recorded in the meeting as BZA-2504 and described in the motion as a request for relief under section…