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Board approves variance for Old Hickory parcel to allow modest single‑family home
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to allow a larger footprint than the contextual-overlay calculation would permit at 1201 Bridal Street in the Old Hickory area, after the applicant argued the overlay’s footprint calculation left an impractically small allowable build area.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 16 approved a variance allowing construction of a modest single‑family home at 1201 Bridal Street in Old Hickory, finding the contextual-overlay rules produced an undue hardship for the subject parcel.
The applicant sought relief from the contextual-overlay footprint limit in order to build a one-and-a-half‑story house with a 672‑square‑foot ground footprint and roughly 1,000 square feet of living area.…
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