Smyrna board approves narrower driveway at 1379 Belmont Avenue so owner can park long work trailer on private property

On June 11, 2025, the City of Smyrna License and Variance Board approved a variance allowing a reduced driveway setback at 1379 Belmont Avenue so the property owner can park a long work vehicle and trailer on private property rather than in the public right-of-way.

Caitlin Crow, Planner I, said the subject parcel is a 0.46-acre double-frontage lot with a recently completed new home (completed in April) and an existing one-car driveway feeding a two-car garage. Crow said a 10-foot drainage easement adjacent to the driveway prevents expansion on that side; the property owner had installed wheel tracks and a ribbon driveway and then applied for the variance once staff alerted him the work required relief. Crow explained the applicant owns a 22-foot truck and a 30-foot gooseneck flatbed trailer used for work and that the variance would allow that combination to be parked on the owner’s property instead of on the street.

Jackson Webb, the applicant, confirmed Crow’s description and added he works for a landscape company and delivers trees. Webb said he had little to add beyond the staff explanation. The board voted to approve variance v25-056 to reduce the driveway setback from 5 feet to 2.7 feet; staff applied the standard condition that approval is conditioned on substantial compliance with the submitted site plan.

The board’s minutes show the motion passed unanimously. No public speakers opposed the request at the meeting; the applicant and staff offered to share site plans with nearby neighbors who asked to see them after the hearing.