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Board approves variance to build house at rear of 215 Pickett Circle after septic constraints
Summary
The Board of Adjustment and Planning approved a variance from the local build-to-line standard so a developer may construct a single-family house toward the rear of a 0.49-acre lot at 215 Pickett Circle; staff and environmental-health reports said poor soils and a required septic drain field in the front created the hardship.
The Indian Trail Board of Adjustment and Planning approved a variance allowing a new single-family house to be built toward the rear of 215 Pickett Circle after staff and technical reports said poor soils and septic constraints left no viable alternative layout for the septic drain field.
Town staff introduced Variance 2024-0129 and said the lot is a 0.49-acre vacant parcel in the Valley Estates subdivision zoned SF-1. Planner Jose Pena described the conflict with the town's Unified Development Ordinance build-to-line standard (UDO Sec. 1310.010.c), which expects new houses in established neighborhoods to align with an established "build to" line formed by neighboring homes. "The applicant seeks relief from the build to line standard to build a…
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