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Board of Zoning Appeals approves variance to reduce side setbacks at 1092 Hickory Harbor Drive
Summary
The Sumner County Board of Zoning Appeals on March 13, 2025 approved a variance to reduce side setbacks from 20 to 10 feet for a proposed home at 1092 Hickory Harbor Drive after staff found the request met variance criteria and neighbors raised view and fire-safety concerns.
The Sumner County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance on March 13, 2025 to allow a primary dwelling at 1092 Hickory Harbor Drive to encroach into the required side-yard setbacks, reducing each side setback from 20 feet to 10 feet.
Assistant County Planner Sydny Simpson told the board the property is in the Rural Residential zoning district, is platted in 1964 and contains approximately one acre. Simpson said the applicant requests a 10-foot side setback on each side; under the county’s Zoning Resolution a lot created before 1973 and less than 40,000 square feet may qualify for a 10-foot side setback, but because this parcel is roughly one acre it is otherwise…
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