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Board of Adjustment approves four additional variances, sets permit conditions
Summary
In the same meeting the board approved four other variances: a rear‑yard setback reduction on Lakeview Drive, preservation of an existing one‑way driveway at a commercial parcel with signage requirements, a recorded‑agreement breezeway approval in Mandeville, and an after‑the‑fact pool setback variance in Slidell.
The St. Tammany Parish Board of Adjustment approved four additional variance requests at the meeting following the pavilion case.
Case 20264685: The board approved a rear‑yard setback reduction from 25 feet to 8 feet for a proposed single‑family residence on Lakeview Drive. Parish staff reported letters of no objection and noted that allowing the reduced setback would align the lot with neighboring houses; the motion to approve passed without dissent.
Case 20264698: Owners of a combined parcel at the corner of U.S. Highway 190 and 9th Street requested that an existing one‑way driveway remain despite creating more driveways than current rules allow. Staff wrote that preserving the driveway would improve traffic circulation; the board approved the variance subject to installing signage to indicate traffic flow and submitting a revised landscape plan.
Case 20264699 (Rapital/Rapatel Street): The board approved a 12.4‑foot breezeway crossing a shared property line that will connect two single‑family residences after subdivision of a 15‑acre tract. Approval was conditioned on a recorded agreement and covenant allowing removal of the breezeway upon transfer of either property.
Case 20264712: The board granted an after‑the‑fact variance to allow a swimming pool to remain 4 feet from the rear property line in a Slidell neighborhood. The pool contractor, Billy Gunzberg, said he had confused measurement conventions used in neighboring parishes (measuring water’s edge rather than shell) and apologized. No neighbors objected and the motion to approve carried.
Clerk and staff noted that building‑code and fire‑code compliance is addressed at permit review and is separate from zoning variances approved by the board. The board also discussed scheduling training for members on code and permitting topics ahead of upcoming cases.
