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Planning board grants variance to allow rear addition on Gosnell Road property
Summary
The Planning Board granted a variance Dec. 2 to reduce the minimum rear setback from 30 to 22 feet at a Gosnell Road residence (parcel cited), approving the applicant's request with a condition limiting the addition to one story to address a nearby power distribution line.
The Town of Woodfin Planning Board of Adjustment approved a variance on Dec. 2 to allow a rear addition that reduces the minimum rear setback in an R‑43 zone from 30 feet to 22 feet for a property on Gosnell Road (parcel cited in the staff report).
Staff described the request as an expansion that would replace an existing deck and nonconforming enclosure and noted the house predates the town's zoning ordinance. The parcel was described as deep but steep in places, with the only relatively flat buildable area at the rear. Staff and board members discussed the proximity of a Duke Power distribution line near the proposed addition; staff said Duke had reviewed the proposed one‑story addition and raised no objection to that scope.
Applicant William Myers, who described living at the site since childhood and having owned the house since 1990, said the addition would allow single‑level living as he ages and is not intended for rental. Staff recommended approval with a condition limiting the permitted work to a single story, primarily for safety and power-line clearance reasons.
A board member moved to approve the variance reading statutory findings under Section 54-1-45(c) (unnecessary hardship, uniqueness of property conditions, and that the hardship was not self-created). The motion passed on a voice vote after members recited findings; staff said the applicant has one year from the signed order to begin work and that an appeal period applies.
