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Fayette County adopts ordinance adding variance criteria for unimproved nonconforming lots
Summary
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance 2025-04 to add criteria for variances allowing single-family homes on unimproved nonconforming lots, noting state health requirements for well and septic placement; the measure passed 4-0 (Chairman Hearn absent).
Planning and Zoning Director Deborah Bell presented Ordinance 2025-04 on Sept. 25, asking the Board to amend Sec. 110-242 of the county zoning ordinance to define criteria the Zoning Board of Appeals may use to grant variances for unimproved nonconforming lots.
Bell told the Board that the amendment lays out factors for determining whether a single-family home can be reasonably sited on a lot that…
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