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Florence BZA approves side-setback variance so homeowners can install pool at 1052 Oak Bend Lane
Summary
The Florence Board of Zoning Appeals approved a 7-foot variance from the NC-10 side-setback requirement to allow a swimming pool to be built 3 feet from the side property line at 1052 Oak Bend Lane; staff said the proposed location is outside the regulated floodplain and no neighbors objected.
The Florence Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance to the city's side-setback requirement to allow a swimming pool at 1052 Oak Bend Lane to sit 3 feet from the side property line.
The approval, granted by voice vote at the board's meeting, lets the homeowners locate the pool closer to the property line than the Neighborhood Conservation 10 (NC-10) zoning standards normally allow. City staff told the board the proposed placement would not fall inside the regulated floodplain and that the site is shielded from adjacent properties by an existing six-foot privacy fence.
City staff described the request as a 7-foot variance from the side-setback requirement under the Unified Development Ordinance, which would allow the pool to be positioned 3 feet from the side lot line. Derek, city staff presenting the item, said the survey and…
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