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Smyrna BZA approves home-based hair salon at 605 General Barksdale Drive with conditions
Summary
The Town of Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception allowing an in-home hair salon at 605 General Barksdale Drive, limiting clients, employees and hours and requiring adherence to permitting and code requirements.
The Town of Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals on Oct. 2025 approved a special exception allowing an in‑home hair salon at 605 General Barksdale Drive, with conditions limiting client numbers and requiring the applicant to follow permitting and code requirements.
Board members approved the application after planning staff presented findings from the Municipal Zoning Ordinance and recommended conditions. Planning staff noted the property is zoned R‑1, is just under three‑quarters of an acre, and that the applicant intends to operate on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., serving about five clients per day.
The approval includes three conditions adopted from staff recommendations: limit simultaneous clients at the dwelling to one (no client overlap), cap daily clients at five, and restrict employees to occupants of the dwelling. Planning staff also noted the site has an approximately 115‑foot driveway that can accommodate off‑street parking and that refuse and utilities are handled as at present. Staff presentation said local zoning provisions permit customer‑incidental home occupations and that the Board determines legality when questions arise.
No members of the public spoke for or against the request during the public hearing. Board members asked whether safety and accessibility items such as handrails or ramps would be reviewed; planning staff and counsel said those are addressed through the building permit and code inspection process and are separate from the BZA special‑exception approval. The board approved the motion by voice vote; the transcript records affirmative “Aye” votes and does not list a roll‑call tally.
The special exception allows the applicant to operate the described business in the dwelling provided the conditions are met and that the applicant obtains all required permits and complies with any homeowners’ association rules that may apply.
Minutes show the BZA moved on to a separate agenda item after approving the request.
