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Board of Zoning Appeals denied variance application that would have subdivided property into substandard lot

Charlotte County Planning Commission · March 1, 2026

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Summary

Staff told the Planning Commission that the Board of Zoning Appeals denied Penny Reese Fowler’s variance to subdivide her property because the resulting lot would be substandard; a separate variance hearing for Bobbie Brooks was scheduled for Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.

Staff reported to the Planning Commission on Sept. 27 that the Board of Zoning Appeals had denied a variance application filed by Penny Reese Fowler seeking to subdivide her property. According to staff, the variance was denied because the proposed subdivision would have produced a substandard lot under county standards.

Staff also told the commission that the Board of Zoning Appeals had scheduled a variance hearing for Bobbie Brooks for Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. and that county staff were working with several individuals on potential conditional-use permit applications, though no CUP applications had been filed at the time of the Sept. 27 meeting.

The Planning Commission took no formal action on the BZA decisions reported by staff; the commission’s role in this meeting was to receive the staff report and consider zoning ordinance amendments and procedural changes.