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Board delays decision on Sunnymeade setback variance after neighbors cite flooding and property-line concerns
Summary
The Metro Board of Zoning Appeals did not grant a variance to allow a new house closer to Sunnymeade Drive; the case will return to the board’s June 20 meeting after a motion to approve failed. Neighbors testified about repeated flooding and disputed property lines; the applicant said the design addresses flood risk.
The Metro Nashville Board of Zoning Appeals on Thursday failed to approve a setback variance for a proposed single-family house at 1295 Sunnymeade Drive, sending the case back to the board’s June 20 hearing for another vote.
The applicant, representing Sway Estates, asked the board to reduce a required 33-foot front setback (the block-face average) to about 21 feet so a new house could be moved forward of a creek and away from a floodway buffer. Metro zoning administrator Joey Hargis presented the case and explained the variance was sought because “because of the floodway buffer zone that’s required by Metro Water” the applicant contends the house must be placed forward to…
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