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Franklin BZA approves variances for Richardson remodel at 201 N. Main St.
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved two side-yard setback variances allowing Rob and Amy Richardson to add a kitchen/primary suite and a two-car garage with an upstairs office to their corner home at 201 North Main Street, subject to staff conditions and permits.
The Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals on a July 2025 meeting approved variances letting homeowners Rob and Amy Richardson add two additions to their house at 201 North Main Street, allowing encroachments up to 3.2 feet on the south addition and up to 3.3 feet on the north addition, by a 4-0 vote.
The variances were requested because the house sits on a corner lot in the RTN (Residential Traditional Neighborhood) zoning district and is a legal nonconforming structure for side-yard setback along the east property line; survey work submitted by the petitioners showed the house and the east property line are not parallel, which the petitioners and staff said affects how an addition changes measured setbacks.
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