Pittman Center zoning board approves 10-foot side-yard setback variance for property on Pittman Center Road

The Pittman Center Board of Zoning Appeals approved a 10-foot variance to the side-yard setback for the property at 4815 Pittman Center Road, Sevierville, Tenn., at its Jan. 6, 2025 meeting, according to the board minutes.

Chairman Jay Defoe moved to approve the variance; Mayor Jerry Huskey seconded. The minutes note that Vice Chairman Brennon Garrett and Dan Reilly abstained from the vote. The minutes then state the motion "carried," although they also use the term "unanimously" in other recorded actions; the document records the abstentions and the approval as written.

The variance request is listed in the minutes with the reference "M:109 P:15." The minutes do not include the applicant's name, the stated reason for the variance, any staff report summary, or detailed vote tallies showing which members voted yes or no; they record only the motion, the seconder and the abstentions.

The meeting began at 4:32 p.m. and opened with a motion by Mayor Jerry Huskey to approve the board's Dec. 2 minutes, seconded by Secretary Mark Wilson; the minutes record that motion as carried. The board recorded no other business. Secretary Mark Wilson moved to adjourn, Vice Chairman Brennon Garrett seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 4:43 p.m.

The minutes contain two internal inconsistencies that the document itself does not resolve: they list two abstentions on the variance motion yet report the motion as carried, and they show the minutes being approved for a meeting date written as "December 2, 2025," which appears inconsistent with the Jan. 6, 2025 meeting date. The minutes do not provide further explanation or roll-call vote details. Follow-up with town staff or the board clerk would be required for full vote tallies and the applicant's justification for the variance.