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Commission backs variance to allow boat storage lean-to closer to front lot line on Cedar Drive with screening
Summary
The commission recommended a favorable advisory opinion to the Board of Appeals for a 22.7-foot front-yard setback variance at 5320 Cedar Drive to permit an addition to store a boat, asking that small evergreen screening be included in the approval.
Dorchester County commissioners recommended the Board of Appeals approve a front-yard setback variance for a lean-to addition at 5320 Cedar Drive that would expand an existing nonconforming garage and allow covered boat storage closer to the road.
The applicant asked to reduce the front-yard setback from 35 feet to 12.3 feet, a 22.7-foot variance, to place an open-ended lean-to attached to the existing garage for boat storage. The agent told the commission the use is intended to store a boat "out of the weather and out of sight of the public."
Staff and commissioners noted the addition would make an existing nonconformity larger but said the overall effect on neighborhood character would be limited because few dwellings lie past the dead-end road and the structure would be largely screened. Commissioners asked whether small evergreen screening could be required as part of a favorable recommendation; the agent said the applicant would accept screening if added to the approval.
The commission voted to recommend the Board of Appeals approve the setback variance and included screening as a condition of the favorable recommendation. The vote was approved by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The Board of Appeals will consider the commission's recommendation and any required site-plan or screening details when it reviews the variance application.
