Orange County — Board of Zoning Adjustment

SE-17-09-088 — GENE BRASCOMB

Request: Special Exception and Variance in the R-1A zoning district as follows: 1) Special Exception to allow existing residence to remain as a guest house (DENIED); and 2) Variance to allow said guest house with 1,177 sq. ft. of floor area in lieu of 1,000 sq. ft. (DENIED); or, 3) Variance to allow existing accessory structures with 1,177 sq. ft. of floor area in lieu of 624 sq. ft.(APPROVED w/Conditions) (Note: According to Property Appraiser's data, the house is not homesteaded by current owner. The third variance is to allow the BZA the option of granting a variance to allow additional accessory use square footage rather than the guest house. This is the result of code enforcement action.)

Decision: Partial Approval

Hearing: Applicant is requesting to allow an existing structure to remain as a guest house with 1,177 sq. ft. in lieu of 1,000 sq. ft. Staff gave a presentation showing the site plan, photos of the structure, and provided some background on the case. The applicant stated the building was existing when the owner purchased the property. The structure has existed since the early 1990's. He stated the plan was to use the structure for a pool house/storage and not as a dwelling unit. Code enforcement gave a brief presentation and showed several photos of the interior of the structure in question. No one spoke in favor or in opposition of the request. Staff provided an additional condition to ensure the structure was not going to be utilized as an accessory dwelling unit. The BZA denied the first two (2) requests and denied the guest house. The BZA approved request variance #3 to allow an accessory building with 1,177 sq. ft. in lieu of 624 sq. ft.