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Board approves variance for backyard patio cover in Southern Highlands neighborhood
Summary
The Enterprise Town Advisory Board approved an amended variance (VC250283) to allow reduced side and rear setbacks for an installed aluminum patio cover at an existing single‑family home in Southern Highlands.
The Enterprise Town Advisory Board voted May 28 to approve an amended variance (VC250283) permitting reduced side and rear setbacks for an existing patio cover attached to a single‑family residence in the Southern Highlands master planned community.
Applicant Jacqueline Outyard, representing Dakota Patios, said the aluminum patio cover is attached to the house and does not extend beyond the house footprint. She told the board the back setback where the cover sits measures about 7 feet 3 inches and that both patio covers have heights of about 9 feet 6 inches. A resident who spoke in support noted similar patio covers have been approved in the neighborhood.
Board members asked about combustibility and construction materials; Outyard confirmed the cover is aluminum. One board member said that although they do not favor setback reductions in general, because the material was aluminum and the cover is attached, they could support the variance. The motion to approve VC250283 passed by voice vote.
Why it matters: The approval permits an existing structure to remain despite reduced setbacks and clarifies that, for this property, the county will accept the applicant’s variance justification.
The board approved the variance per the conditions listed in the staff report.
