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BZA approves variance for James Island lot allowing removal of two large oak trees
Summary
The Charleston County Board of Zoning and Appeals unanimously approved a variance allowing the removal of two grand trees on a heavily wooded James Island lot so a single-family house can be built; the applicant must follow mitigation and tree-protection conditions.
A variance allowing the removal of two grand trees on a James Island lot to make way for a proposed single-family home was unanimously approved by the Charleston County Board of Zoning and Appeals on April 7.
The variance lets applicant Jay Marshall Milligan (Tiger Double LLC) remove two grand trees — a 24-inch red maple and a live oak measured at about 24–28 inches diameter at breast height — on a 0.71-acre vacant parcel at 311 Papa Charlie Way. Milligan told the board his builder revised multiple house footprints in an effort to preserve trees but that none of the smaller plans would avoid…
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