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Board approves front‑setback variances for two residential lots; one approval contingent on survey
Summary
The Jefferson County Board approved two front‑setback variance requests for new houses: a 6‑foot front setback for Wildfire Shores Lot 37 was approved contingent on confirmation of the survey, and a 20‑foot front setback was approved for Severeville Peninsula Lot 53.
The Jefferson County Board of Zoning Appeals approved two front‑setback variances for residential construction during the meeting.
A request by Dennis and Nicole Gray for a 6‑foot front setback at Wildfire Shores Lot 37 was pulled from the agenda after the applicant and the board discussed differing survey information. The applicant told the board she had been advised by her surveyor that no variance was necessary; the board declined to approve without the survey and instead approved the 6‑foot setback contingent on the applicant providing a survey demonstrating the required measurements. A motion to approve the variance subject to staff verification of the survey passed.
Separately, Christopher and Benita Pignataro requested a 20‑foot front setback for Lot 53 in Severeville Peninsula. Builder Allen Evans and the applicants explained that the recorded property line sits significantly inward from the road, which would place a new home on a steep slope and create a hardship. The board noted prior similar variances in the subdivision and approved the 20‑foot setback request.
Board members discussed site features including an existing large oak tree on the Gray property and the location of utility easements on the Pignataro lot. The Gray applicant was instructed to deliver the survey to staff as soon as possible; the board recorded the Gray approval as contingent on the survey’s accuracy.
