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North Augusta BZA approves home‑based online retail business at 112 Mossy Oak Circle
Summary
The North Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals granted a special exception for an online retail home occupation run by Justin Kersey at 112 Mossy Oak Circle, imposing conditions that prohibit on‑site customers, exterior signage, and large commercial deliveries.
The North Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 2 granted a special exception allowing an online retail home occupation at 112 Mossy Oak Circle.
The board approved application ZE25-009 by Justin Kersey to operate an online resale business from a bedroom in a single‑family house, finding the operation met the city’s home‑occupation criteria and adding three conditions: no clients or customers may visit the property; no exterior signage or structural alterations for business purposes; and all shipping and delivery must be limited to standard residential mail and parcel services (no large commercial vehicles).
City staff described the proposal as a low‑impact, online retail operation with no storefront or customer visits. Staff said the use meets the North Augusta Development Code standards for home occupations (Article 5, Section 5.3.7), including residential scale, negligible traffic impact and no exterior changes. The staff presentation noted the applicant would store merchandise indoors, take photographs in a room or under a porch and ship items via USPS or common carriers.
Applicant Justin Kersey told the board he stores inventory in “about 13 or so totes” in a room and conducts all sales online. “I run my business out of my little office room, and everything is stored in about 13 or so totes in my room. I do all my pictures in my room. Everything I sell is online,” Kersey said.
A neighborhood email submitted earlier that day from Melinda Collins raised concerns about traffic, parking and potential future growth of the business. Staff and the applicant said the business model would produce only normal residential parcel pickups. The code’s home‑occupation rules state a home occupation expected to generate more than 10 business trips per day requires special review; staff concluded the proposed use would not reach that threshold.
The board voted unanimously to grant the special exception with the three staff conditions; the motion was seconded and approved by a show of hands.
The decision allows Kersey to continue operating from the residence under the stated conditions; the board record notes that accessory buildings are allowed by right within size limits and that any future accessory building would be subject to the city’s accessory‑building square‑foot limits.
