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BZA allows homeowner to build addition near large live oak after arborist plan and pier foundation proposed
Summary
The board approved a variance letting a homeowner build a screened addition that encroaches on the critical root zone of a 73.5-inch live oak at 2141 Edisto Avenue, subject to an arborist monitoring plan, hand-dug piers and mitigation if the tree dies within three years.
The Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance permitting construction of a house addition that will encroach on the critical root zone of a 73.5-inch live oak at 2141 Edisto Avenue, after the homeowner submitted an arborist protection plan and a foundation design intended to limit root disturbance.
Applicant George Michael Rents Jr. told the board he had hired an independent arborist (Save a Tree) and a structural engineer to design…
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