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Chatham County denies variance for 22 Lake Drive after staff warns of floodplain violations
Summary
The Board of Commissioners denied a variance request for 22 Lake Drive after county engineers said finished, air‑conditioned rooms in the home’s lower level violate the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and could jeopardize the county’s federal flood program certification and community insurance savings.
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted to deny a variance request for 22 Lake Drive after county staff told the board the property contains unpermitted, finished rooms in the lower level that violate the county’s Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
County engineering staff told commissioners they found finished, air‑conditioned rooms on the home’s bottom floor and that federal guidance and the local ordinance prohibit finished residential lower floors in floodplain areas. County engineer Suzanne Cooler said allowing the variance could put the county’s flood program certification at risk and put at stake roughly $2,000,000 in annual insurance savings for policyholders in unincorporated Chatham County. “The flood damage…
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