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Smyrna board approves variance to enclose rear deck inside 75-foot stream buffer at 1730 Seneca Court
Summary
The License and Variance Board approved a variance allowing enclosure of an existing rear deck within the city's 75-foot impervious surface setback at 1730 Seneca Court; staff cited the house's 1963 construction and the 2005 stream-buffer ordinance as reasons for no mitigation requirement.
The Smyrna License and Variance Board on June 25 approved a variance (V25-057) allowing enclosure of a portion of an existing rear deck that sits within the city's 75-foot impervious surface setback at 1730 Seneca Court.
Joey Stobbs, Planner II with Smyrna Community Development, told the board that a stream crosses the rear of the property and the existing house and deck encroach into the setback. Stobbs said the house was built in 1963 and the city’s stream-buffer ordinance was adopted in February 2005, making the deck an existing condition. For those reasons staff recommended approval without requiring mitigation and added a single condition that the variance approval be conditioned upon substantial compliance with the site plan and elevation submitted with the variance application.
Applicant John Herrod confirmed he understood and agreed to the stated condition. A motion to approve the variance was made, seconded and passed unanimously.
The variance permits the applicant to enclose the portion of the rear deck within the 75-foot impervious surface setback in accordance with the submitted drawings; the board did not require additional mitigation because staff characterized the encroachment as an existing, pre-ordinance condition.
