Board of Zoning Appeals Zoning

City of Charleston BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS-ZONING June 16, 2020 5:15 PM DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, PRESERVATION & SUSTAINABILITY www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-sd **Video and microphone is currently disabled for all attendees.** This meeting is being recorded. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties. These slides may be supplemented with additional slides and the order may change in the Board meeting  Board of Zoning Appeals-Zoning Your Board of Zoning Appeals-Zoning Members are: Your City of Charleston Staff are: Leonard Krawcheck – Chair Howell Morrison Lee Batchelder, Zoning Pennye Ashby, Senior Planner Allison Cannon Grass Robben Richards Administrator Vanessa Ellington, Clerk Walter Jaudon Michael Robinson Scott Valentine, TRC Coordinator John Lester The Board of Zoning Appeals—Zoning has the authority to do three things: 1. Hear appeals to decisions of the Zoning Administrator; 2. Grant special exceptions, a fact finding function of the Board; and 3. Grant variances to the Zoning Ordinance if the application meets the hardship test outlined in Section 54-924 of the ordinance. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties.  Board of Zoning Appeals-Zoning Requirements for Granting a Variance A variance may be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in an individual case of unnecessary hardship if the Board makes the following findings: a. there are extraordinary and exceptional conditions pertaining to the particular piece of property; b. these conditions do not generally apply to other property in the vicinity; c. because of these conditions, the application of the ordinance to the particular piece of property would effectively prohibit or unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property; and d. the authorization of a variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property or to the public good, and the character of the district will not be harmed by the granting of the variance. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties.  Public Comment Order on Each Application: • Chair announces each application followed by staff presentation and recommendation. • Staff will call on applicant to present their application after being sworn in by Chair • Staff will open the public comment period to receive comments from registered attendees in favor (first spoken, then written). Each speaker will be sworn in by the Chair. • Staff will then recognize registered attendees for public comments in opposition after speaker is sworn in (first spoken, then written). • Staff will recognize the applicant for a short rebuttal. • Chair will then close the public comment period and begin Board discussion. Providing Comment: • If you submitted a request to speak on an item before the deadline, staff will call your name when it is your turn to speak and enable your microphone. • Your microphone will be disabled after you are done speaking. • You may only speak once for each item and you must state your name and address for the record or you will not be permitted to provide comment. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties.  Board Discussion • Following public comment period, Board members can make comments, ask questions and make motions. • After a motion and second, Board members will vote “Aye, in favor” or “Nay, not in favor”. If vote is not unanimous, Chair will poll each member for their vote. The Chairman shall announce the vote on the motion and the final decision on the application. • If a Board member needs to recuse, he will be temporarily removed from the meeting and placed back in the meeting at the start of the next agenda item. • If the Board needs to go into Executive Session, they will call into a separate conference line and all video and audio on Zoom will be temporarily turned off until they are ready to return to the regular meeting. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties.  Virtual Meeting Protocol Staff will control the slides displayed throughout the meeting. Applicants, staff, Board members and members of the public should give their name first whenever speaking. Applicants and members of the public must be sworn in before speaking for the first time. Only attendees who have registered to speak before the deadline at noon today may speak during the meeting. Video and microphone have been disabled for all attendees. Attendees will only be given the capabilities to speak when they are called on during the public comment period. Board members who need to recuse themselves from voting will be temporarily removed from the meeting and re- admitted prior to addressing the next item. If the Board needs to go into Executive Session, they will call into a separate conference line and all video and audio on Zoom will be temporarily turned off until they are ready to return to the regular meeting. Chat has been disabled for everyone. This meeting is being recorded. Go to www.charleston-sc.gov/bza-z for instructions to join. Call (843) 724-3770 if you are experiencing technical difficulties.  Agenda Item #B-1 304 GROVE STREET (WAGENER TERRACE) (463-10-03-005) Request variance from Sec. 54-301 to allow a 1-story addition (walk-in closet/great room) with a 6.8-ft. rear setback (25-ft. required). Zoned SR-2  Agenda Item #B-2 6 WOODALL COURT (WESTSIDE) TMS # 460-07-01-041 Request special exception under Sec. 54-110 to extend a non-conforming 0-ft. east side building setback (3-ft. required). Request variance from Sec. 54-301 to allow a building with a 3-ft. west side setback, a 3-ft. total side setback and a 69% lot occupancy (landing/steps and hvac platform) (7- ft. 10-ft. required, 50% Limitation; existing lot occupancy 62%). Zoned DR-2F  Agenda Item #B-3 51 ELIZABETH STREET (MAZYCK/WRAGGBOROUGH) TMS # 459-09-03-139 Request variance from Sec. 54-301 to allow construction of a wall with a 7-ft. 10-inch height and an 8.5-ft. pier height (Height limitation 7-ft. and 8-ft.). Zoned DR-1F  Agenda Item #B-4 2217 HERIOT STREET TMS # 464-13-00-017 Request use variance from Sec. 54-203 to allow the reestablishment of two dwelling units (duplex) in a SR-1 (Single-Family Residential) zone district.  Agenda Item #B-5 81-83 CANNON STREET (CANNONBOROUGH/ELLIOTBOROUGH) TMS # 460-15-02-017 Request special exception under Sec. 54-511 to allow 1,149sf of inside patron use area for a restaurant use without providing required parking spaces (12 spaces required). Zoned LB  Agenda Item #B-6 571 SAVANNAH HIGHWAY (OLD WINDERMERE) TMS # 421-06-00-129 Request variance from Sec. 54-412 to allow a free standing sign, monument sign with 22.5 square feet of sign face area per side and a total sign face area of 45 square feet (Ordinance limits sign face area to 12 and 24 square feet). Zoned SR-2/SH Overlay  Agenda Item #B-7 21 ATLANTIC STREET (CHARLESTOWNE) TMS # 457-16-04-031 Request variance from Sec. 54-301 to allow an addition (family room) with a 49% lot occupancy (35% Limitation; existing lot occupancy 45%). Zoned SR-4  Agenda Item #B-8 2321 BIRDIE GARRETT STREET (ROSEMONT) TMS # 464-01-00-109 Request special exception under Sec. 54-501 to allow a single-family residence on a lot of insufficient size (Lot area 3,000sf; 9,000sf required. Request variance from Sec. 54-301 to allow a single-family residence with a 5-ft. east side setback 16.51-FT. total side setback (9-ft. and 18-ft. required). Zoned SR-1