Orange County — Board of Zoning Adjustment

VA-17-12-118 — Robert Goudy

Request: Variance in the R-CE zoning district to allow a minimum lot width of 124 ft. in lieu of 130 ft.

Decision: Approved

Hearing: "Staff explained that the subject property was created along with the developed lot to the west through a legal lot split in 1987. A waiver was granted to allow the western lot to have only a 15 foot wide fee-simple access to Kilgore Rd. in lieu of 20 ft. wide fee simple access. However, in 2006 when building permits for the west lot were applied for, the owner was required to provide an additional five feet of fee-simple land to the road. Owning the subject property, and having no where else to obtain the land, they took it from the subject property, rendering it nonconforming. The requested variance amounts to only 4.6%. Further, variance for lot widths of only 100 ft. were granted to other lots on Kilgore Rd. There are other lots in the Kilgore Rd. area that have homes on them and they also have only 100 ft. of lot width. Therefore, denying the variance would deprive the property owner of a right others in the same zoning district have.