Local groomer wins variance and conditional-use permit to keep storage building

Sep 24, 2025

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners approved a variance and a conditional-use permit allowing Kelly Sabetti to keep an accessory building at 192 Richardson Street and to operate a home-based pet grooming/boarding business; commissioners voiced both support and public-safety concerns before approving the measures.

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Kelly Sabetti, owner of Ivy League Boarding and Grooming, told the Stephens County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 that she placed a storage building at 192 Richardson Street to hold grooming equipment after closing a previous location and that moving it would be prohibitively expensive.

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