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Commissioners approve lot‑width variance for Morley Way development
Summary
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 9 approved a variance allowing a minimum lot width reduction from 150 feet to 100 feet for a 3.2483‑acre parcel at 1021 Morley Way and Veterans Memorial Parkway to address a survey boundary discrepancy and health‑board soil‑area requirements.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners approved variance P25S0135 on Sept. 9 to reduce the required minimum lot width from 150 feet to 100 feet for a 3.2483‑acre parcel at 1021 Morley Way and Veterans Memorial Parkway.
Staff introduced the request as P25S0135 and recommended conditional approval. Richard Grayson, the applicant and property owner, identified the parcel as Parcel B 06030 A and said the site is currently zoned R‑2 in the Community Village character area.
Justin Greer, of Pittman and Greer Engineering, told commissioners the change follows a recent boundary re‑survey. "After we got the rezoning approved, we had the property because it was in 2 different surveys, had the boundary rerun," Greer said. He said the earlier surveyor's pin location created a change in the mapped boundary that reduced usable lot area and made it difficult to meet both the county development code and the local health‑board soil area requirements.
Greer explained the health board requires 25,500 square feet of suitable soil per side of a duplex. "Because we lost that area, we were really tight to begin with," he said. Greer added that the project obtained a favorable variance from the Northeast Georgia District Health Board on lot‑size calculations but still could not meet the county's minimum lot‑width requirement at 150 feet without creating conflicts with the health‑board standard.
Commissioners voted to approve the variance following a motion and second. Public comment was opened and closed with no speakers recorded opposing the request. The vote was taken by voice; the motion carried.
The approval allows the applicant to proceed with the concept plan included in the application packet, subject to the one standard condition noted in the staff recommendation.
