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Planning board approves Habitat for Humanity variances to build two Venus Lane homes, requires federal/state permits and mitigation
Summary
Huntersville's planning board approved two variance requests from Habitat for Humanity to relocate stream segments and reduce front setbacks on two Venus Lane parcels, subject to Clean Water Act 401/404 permits, level-two revegetation, a recorded or provided stream/buffer survey, and a prohibition on new built-upon area after the first home is built.
The Huntersville Planning Board voted April 28 to approve two variance requests from Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte region that will allow the nonprofit to build single-family homes on two constrained parcels on Venus Lane by relocating stream segments, modifying front setbacks and permitting limited disturbance within regulated buffer areas.
Planning staff presented two separate petitions (V2601 for 7409 Venus Lane and V2602 for 7415 Venus Lane). Staff said both parcels are affected by the Mountain Island Lake protected-area watershed rules, which impose a 50-foot buffer on either side of streams and limit built-upon area in order to protect drinking-water quality. For the first parcel (V2601), staff said the stream buffer consumes most of the lot and that, without relief, a new home could not be sited on the…
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