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Smyrna public hearing approves stream-buffer variances with rainwater-harvesting mitigation
Summary
At a Smyrna public hearing staff recommended and the body approved variances v25-097 and v25-098 to allow small encroachments into local stream buffers; approval required a lot-combination plat, mitigation via a roughly 475 sq ft nonpotable rainwater‑harvesting system, and six stipulations.
At a Smyrna public hearing, staff recommended approval of two related variances—v25-097 (encroachment into the city’s 50-foot undisturbed stream buffer) and v25-098 (encroachment into the city’s 75-foot impervious-surface setback)—subject to a six-part set of conditions and mitigation.
Caitlin Crowe, land development services coordinator in Community Development, told the hearing the property in question was platted in the early 1960s and that the house largely sits inside local stream buffers that postdate the home. Crowe said the proposal would encroach by less than 100 square feet (she cited about 74 square feet) and would…
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