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Sumner County board approves variance reducing side-yard setbacks for Hickory Harbor lot
Summary
The Sumner County Board of Social Appeals on March 13 approved a variance allowing a Hickory Harbor lot owned by Jeffrey Barnes to reduce side-yard setbacks from 20 feet to 10 feet, despite objections from adjacent homeowners citing view loss and fire-safety concerns. The vote was 3-1.
The Sumner County Board of Social Appeals approved a variance March 13 allowing property owner Jeffrey Barnes to reduce side-yard setbacks for a Hickory Harbor subdivision lot from 20 feet to 10 feet, voting 3-1.
Board staff presented the request for a rural-residential lot platted in 1964 and described the subject parcel as about 1 acre and as having constrained buildable area because of topography and an existing retaining wall and drain. Staff reported the lot was reconfigured in a 2021 plat amendment that converted a former access easement into a buildable lot nearby, and that current measurements place the proposed house footprint about 97 feet back from the road with…
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