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Franklin City BZA approves accessory dwelling unit at 18 Martin Place; elects officers and reappoints counsel
Summary
The Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special-exception permit to allow a ground-floor accessory dwelling unit at 18 Martin Place, set design and parking conditions, elected a slate of officers and reappointed Lynn Gray as legal counsel.
The Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a special-exception permit allowing a ground-floor accessory dwelling unit at 18 Martin Place and took three routine administrative actions during its meeting.
The accessory dwelling unit (ADU) approval, filed as ZB24-9 (CV 249), authorizes one 1-bedroom, 1-bath ADU of about 600 square feet (limited to 600 square feet ±10%) to be built attached to the primary structure at 18 Martin Place, with conditions on design and parking. The board also elected a slate of officers, approved minutes from its Nov. 6, 2024 meeting and reappointed Lynn Gray as legal counsel.
Alex, the senior planner, told the board that ZB24-9 is a special-exception request to allow an accessory dwelling unit in the RTN (Residential Traditional Neighborhood) zoning district. "An accessory dwelling unit as defined by the ordinance is a separate and complete secondary dwelling unit established in conjunction with and clearly subordinate to another dwelling that serves as the…
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