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Board approves side-setback variance for Darby Road home addition
Summary
The board granted a variance reducing a side setback from 40 to 20 feet for a home at 620 Darby Road, allowing an 8-foot addition and reclassification of the existing nonconforming encroachment; approval limited to the existing nonconforming structure and the proposed addition.
The Cherokee County Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5–0 to approve a variance that reduces the side setback from 40 feet to 20 feet at 620 Darby Road to allow a planned 8-foot addition (sunroom and pantry) and bring an existing nonconforming structure into compliance.
Catherine Long, planning staff, described the lot as approximately 2.0 acres in AG zoning and said the house is an existing nonconforming structure that encroaches into the 40-foot side setback. The board discussed limiting relief to the existing encroachment and the proposed addition; the motion that passed included a stipulation that the variance applies only to the existing nonconforming portion of the home and the 8-foot addition.
The applicant—identified in staff materials as Benjamin Garcia—told the board the work would "better the property" by converting an existing deck into a sunroom and adding a pantry and dining-room expansion. The board's approval included language to confine the variance to the home as drawn so the relief would not be transferable to other parts of the lot.
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