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Board of Zoning Appeals approves special exception for short-term rental at 501 East Richardson Ave.
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception allowing short-term rental use at 501 East Richardson Avenue in Summerville after staff said the property meets UDO Section 3.3 criteria; staff will schedule an inspection and the applicant was told to apply for the lodging conditional use permit and business license.
At a meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals in Summerville, members voted to approve a special exception request to allow short-term rental use at 501 East Richardson Avenue.
The decision allows the property owner to pursue a lodging conditional use permit required by the town, subject to inspection and compliance with tax and residency rules cited by staff. Town planning staff said the request was reviewed under UDO Section 3.3 (the use chart) and found likely to meet the special-exception criteria for a GR-5 zoned lot.
Staff member, town planning staff, described the property during the meeting as a corner lot of approximately 0.22 acres buffered by two large wooded parcels and the Sawmill Branch. "This is a special exception request to allow for short term rental use at 501 East Richardson Avenue," the staff member said, and added that short-term renting is permitted in GR-5 zones only when a special exception is granted by the Board of Zoning…
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