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BZA approves conversion of 2 Tall Oak Avenue to a small salon; variances granted for buffers and parking layout
Summary
The Board approved a special exception and two associated variances to allow a two-chair hair/skin/nail business at 2 Tall Oak Avenue in Avondale, subject to site-plan review; staff and the applicant said no trees would be removed and additional landscaping will be installed.
The Charleston County Board of Zoning and Appeals approved on Aug. 4 a special-exception request to convert a small house at 2 Tall Oak Avenue to a hair, nail and skincare service and granted associated variances for parking and landscape-buffer requirements.
Applicant representative Jessica Myers said Anne Bonny’s Lash and Skincare Boutique, which currently has offices across Highway 17, plans to relocate to the single-story structure in Avondale and will operate two treatment chairs. "Most of the time there's going to be one guest served at a time," Myers told the board, and the business is projected to have two employees on site.
County zoning rules require two parking spaces per workstation; for two chairs that would be four spaces. The site is approximately 0.13 acres and the converted property can physically accommodate only three spaces once an ADA-compliant stall and access are provided. The applicant worked with the city of Charleston on driveway encroachment permits and proposed an on-site, stacked parking layout combined with off-street landscaping. The site plan shows no tree removals and additional plantings and screening will be installed; existing privacy fencing will remain.
Two members of the public submitted letters supporting the conversion; one resident submitted written opposition. The board heard from the applicant, discussed how the three-space configuration and the added landscaping would affect pedestrian movement and neighboring properties, and accepted staff’s conclusion that, with the site-plan review condition and the preservation/landscaping commitments, the use would be compatible with surrounding commercial and mixed uses in Avondale.
The BZA approved the special exception and the two variances (reduce required spaces to three and modify/eliminate some landscape-buffer elements) subject to the staff condition that the applicant complete required site-plan review prior to zoning permit approval.
