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Planning commission approves side-setback variance for Burrell property after septic hardship debate
Summary
Dawson County Planning Commission granted variance VA 25-21 to allow a new home closer to side property lines, citing an immovable septic field as the primary hardship despite neighbor objections about precedent and property values.
The Dawson County Planning Commission voted to approve variance VA 25-21, allowing a reduction of the side-yard setback to accommodate a proposed single-family home on a lot owned by Janie Burrell. Commissioners approved the variance by a recorded vote of 3-0 following testimony from the applicant’s engineer and several neighbors.
The request, presented by engineer Doug Sherrill on behalf of Janie Burrell, sought relief from the county’s side setback to place a 2,200-square-foot home on a 0.23-acre lake lot. Sherrill told the commission the site’s existing septic field occupies much of the front half of the lot and that “the septic…
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