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Board approves variance to create buildable lot at 5911 Roanoke Road with required legal access easement
Summary
The board approved a special-exception variance to allow a two-acre lot carve-out from multiple parcels at 5911 Roanoke Road (applicant Joey McAllister) on the condition that the applicant establish a legal ingress/egress easement to serve landlocked parcels; staff noted the zoning requires 150 feet minimum road frontage.
Troup County approved a variance that will allow applicant Joey McAllister to create a two-acre parcel at 5911 Roanoke Road by following an alternative layout (alternative B) that includes a recorded legal access easement.
Staff told the board the Lakeside Residential zoning district normally requires 150 feet of road frontage and that the applicant had submitted two alternative lot layouts. The staff report recommended, if a variance were granted, including a condition that would prohibit further subdivision unless a new road meeting county standards were constructed. The board discussed the options, including combining parcels and using an ingress/egress easement to serve the landlocked piece.
Joey McAllister, who identified himself in the hearing, said the two-acre carve-out was being proposed to secure construction financing for a home. A board member noted the lending risk that a bank might hold a landlocked parcel on foreclosure and questioned precedent for allowing subdivision in similar situations. The board ultimately approved the alternative B layout and attached a condition requiring creation of a legal ingress and egress easement across the applicant's property to ensure access.
The motion to approve alternative B (with the easement condition) was moved, seconded and carried at the meeting. The board did not record a roll-call breakdown in the transcript for this item beyond the motion being carried.
