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Georgetown board approves variances to split former church parcel into five residential lots
Summary
The Georgetown Board of Adjustment unanimously approved variances to replat a former Church of God parcel on Booker and Carver streets into five residential lots, reducing required lot width, depth and area on several parcels and leaving setbacks to be enforced at permit review.
The Georgetown Board of Adjustment on Oct. 12 voted unanimously to approve variances that will allow a former Church of God property on Booker and Carver streets to be replat as five single‑family residential lots.
The applicant, identified in the hearing as the property representative, told the board the request would “put those lots back to what the original plot was” from a 1946 subdivision and that the proposed homes would be about 1,300–1,400 square feet with four bedrooms and two baths. The applicant said the lots would be similar in size to surrounding parcels.
Board members and staff discussed which specific zoning standards would be modified and whether the Board of Adjustment had jurisdiction over use. Brian Olsak, community development director for the Town of Georgetown, explained the board’s role was to…
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