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Oconee County panel denies variances for proposed 40-unit tiny-home development
Summary
The Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to deny variances that would have reduced front setbacks and eased road-curve standards for a planned 40-unit tiny-home community in District 3; the board cited public-safety, subdivision and precedent concerns. One later variance application was tabled.
The Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals on March 24 denied a set of variances requested for a proposed 40-unit tiny-home development in District 3, voting in favor of a formal motion to deny the applicant’s request after extended discussion about fire access, septic permitting and subdivision rules.
The applicant, represented by Luke Williams of Woodlands Engineering Company LLC, sought a reduction of the front-yard setback from 25 feet to 15 feet at four locations and relief from horizontal-curve/tangent-length requirements for internal roads. Williams said the changes were needed because site topography, a required shared septic drain field and stormwater controls constrained the layout.
“That’s the constraint we’re dealing with,” Williams said, adding that the project would use a shared septic system and a stormwater detention pond. Williams identified the septic area as about 1.8 to 2 acres, said the development would include 40 rental tiny homes with roughly 12-by-45-foot footprints and about 18 feet between units, and described proposed 24-foot-wide roads designed for fire-apparatus access…
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