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Board approves variance to omit sidewalk on Spears Creek Church Road amid planned state road widening
Summary
The City of Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a new commercial site on Spears Creek Church Road to forgo a sidewalk that would be removed later for a state road widening project, after the applicant and board members said the sidewalk would have connected to no adjacent sidewalks.
The City of Columbia Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a variance allowing a developer to omit a sidewalk on Spears Creek Church Road, finding the requirement would create a short segment that would not connect to adjacent sidewalks and likely be removed when the state widens the road.
The board approved the variance for application 20240023V572 on Jan. 2, 2025, after a presentation from the applicant, Mike Zigler of RDC Spears Creek, who said the sidewalk had been part of the building-permit plans but would be taken by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT)…
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