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Clarksville BZA approves variance for 6-foot privacy fence at 501 West Dansford
Summary
The board granted a variance allowing an existing 6-foot wooden privacy fence on a corner lot at 501 West Dansford, concluding the fence is 50 feet from the intersection and unlikely to affect sight-lines or adjacent property use; the motion passed by voice vote after staff presented findings and stipulations were read into the record.
The Clarksville Board of Zoning Appeals voted Sept. 24 to grant a variance for an existing 6-foot wooden privacy fence at 501 West Dansford Avenue, finding the installed fence would not impair safety or substantially harm adjacent property values.
Planning staff (speaker 4) summarized the case: because the property is a corner lot the town treats it as having two front yards and front-yard fences are generally limited to 4 feet and must not be privacy-style. Staff described the installed fence as a standard 6-foot wooden privacy fence with a gate, sited approximately 50 feet from the nearest intersection, and noted the lot is about 0.1 acre with an 880-square-foot house and an 80-square-foot shed. "The fence is a 6 foot tall wooden privacy fence," staff said. The report concluded the fence is unlikely to affect vision clearance or substantially affect adjacent use or values.
A board member moved to approve the variance with stipulations A–D as read for the record; the board seconded the motion and carried it on a voice vote. The applicant, Brent Snyder, stated his address for the record at the start of the hearing but offered no additional comment after the staff presentation. The approval applies to the existing fence at 501 West Dansford and includes the conditions discussed on the record.
