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North Augusta BZA approves home-occupation address for tennis coach at Riverview Park
Summary
The North Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved a special-exception allowing Karen Fralick to use her home address at 25 Pheasant Court for business licensing and record-keeping while conducting tennis lessons off-site at Riverview Park, with conditions that no lessons occur at the residence.
The North Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 7 unanimously approved application ZE24-007, granting Karen Fralick a special exception to use 25 Pheasant Court as the business address for a tennis-coaching contract while requiring that all lessons be conducted off-site.
City planning staff told the board the request is for a home-occupation record-keeping address only while the actual coaching will occur at Riverview Park. Planning staff said the applicant must obtain a business license and would use her residence only for bookkeeping and an address of record. "All of the services that she would be providing would be off-site," Planning staff member Mr. Paradise said during the hearing.
Board members reviewed the special-exception criteria in the North Augusta Development Code, including compatibility with surrounding residential uses, traffic and parking impacts, and that the home occupation preserve the residence’s residential character. Staff said Fralick’s proposal met the home-occupation standards in section 5.3.7 of the code and recommended approval with two conditions: the residence at 25 Pheasant Court shall be used solely as the business address and for record-keeping, and no lessons shall be conducted at that address.
Fralick, sworn for the hearing, told the board, "I’ll be teaching at Riverview Park for 2025," and confirmed she would secure the required business license. Planning staff noted that Rick Myers, Recreation Director, had told staff he supported the applicant as a city-contracted tennis coach and that deliveries (for example, tennis balls) would be routed to Riverview Park and not the neighborhood.
After discussing the 11 statutory criteria for special exceptions under section 18.8.4 of the North Augusta Development Code, a board member moved to approve the application with the staff conditions; the motion was seconded by Kathy Shawworth. The board voted unanimously to approve the special exception; the board instructed planning staff to issue the permit contingent on the specified modifications.
The approval covers only the limited home-occupation use described in the application: address of record and bookkeeping. The board record shows the special exception was approved with the two conditions specified by staff; any change that would involve lessons at the residence would require separate review.
The city will notify the applicant in writing and the permit will be issued by planning and development staff contingent on the imposed conditions.
