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Applicant seeks variances to build 1,000‑sq‑ft home at 729 Church St. NW
Summary
An applicant has asked Decatur City for a lot-size and lot-width variance to build a roughly 1,000-square-foot single-family house on a vacant lot at 729 Church Street NW; the matter was presented to the hearing board but no decision was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Donald Garner applied for variances to build a new single-family house at 729 Church Street Northwest in Decatur City, the hearing record shows. The application requests a 2,600-square-foot lot-size variance under Section 25-14(a) and a 10-foot lot-width variance under Section 25-10.102(f) from the Decatur City zoning code to allow construction of a new dwelling in an R-3 residential single-family district.
At the hearing a government hearing officer read the case into the record as “Case number 1.” John Goner, a resident of 79 Church Street Northwest, spoke on the property owner’s behalf and described the planned house as “a thousand square feet” and said he was “trying to build a home for my daughter.” Goner told the board he had prepared foundation diagrams and blueprints and had photographs documenting the lot, saying, “I did everything to come in compliance. There's nothing on the property now, but grass.” He added, “And I've got diagram blueprints for the foundation. And, I got pictures of everything taken down. Roughly about 3 years. I have photos if y'all like to see them and diagrams and blueprint.”
The transcript excerpt does not record testimony from other neighbors, a staff report, or a final vote by the board. The record identifies the property's zoning as R-3 and lists the variances requested by reference to the city code sections cited above. The applicant's presentation emphasized that the lot is currently vacant and that construction plans and photographic evidence have been prepared and are available.
Because the excerpt ends with the applicant's presentation, no formal action or board decision is shown in the provided record. The board's next steps — whether to open the matter for more public comment, request additional information, schedule a site visit, or take a vote — are not specified in the transcript excerpt.
