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Planning commission approves variance reducing front setback for Lake Lanier Heights property
Summary
The commission approved a variance reducing the front-yard setback at 6156 Lake Lanier Heights Road, allowing an attached garage to encroach to 6.8 feet from the property line; approval was 4–0 and will be final unless appealed to the Board of Commissioners.
The Hall County Planning Commission on April 21 approved a variance to reduce the minimum yard setback for an attached garage at 6156 Lake Lanier Heights Road. The property is zoned Vacation Cottage and the commission voted 4–0 to approve the request, which reduces the setback from 10 feet to 6.8 feet.
Owner and applicant Edward Reid Farnon told the commission the original house was built in 1971, before setback requirements were in place, and the house sits at an angle to the property line to maximize the lake view; the proposed expansion will encroach about one additional foot beyond the current encroachment. Farnon said he met the single affected neighbor and that neighbor expressed no objection.
The Planning Commission’s recommendation is final unless appealed to the Hall County Board of Commissioners; if appealed it will be heard at the Board’s public meeting on Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m. in the same room.
