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Smyrna public hearing approves several residential variances; one item tabled

Smyrna public hearing on zoning variances · November 13, 2025
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Summary

City staff recommended and the hearing body approved multiple residential variances — allowing a second accessory structure, a reduced side setback, a second kitchen, and accessory-structure work on Roswell Street — and tabled one item (v25-100). Conditions and perpetual deed restrictions were attached to several approvals.

At a Smyrna public hearing staff presented and the hearing body moved on multiple residential variance requests covering accessory structures, setbacks and an additional kitchen.

Caitlin Crowe, land development services coordinator, described a series of items the city supports with conditions: v25-095 would allow a second accessory structure on a double-frontage lot at 1431 Belmont Avenue where a 1954 house and an existing detached in‑law suite already sit; v25-096 would reduce a southern side setback from 10 feet to 3.8 feet at 3035 Lee Street to allow a replacement deck and screened porch while bringing the house into compliance; and v25-099 would allow a second kitchen in an upstairs in‑law suite at 461 Avalon Way so a parent can age in place (staff noted building permits had been…

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