Town of Maggie Valley

Regularly Scheduled Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting

April 12, 2007

MINUTES

Members Present: Chairman Jay Ring, Phillip Wight, Connie Dennis, Tory Pinter,

Garrett Anderson, Ron DeSimone, an Catherine Young

Staff Present: Town Manager Tim Barth

Others Present: Linda Taylor

Chairman Jay Ring called the meeting to order and asked that Linda Taylor be sworn in. Ms. Taylor was sworn in.

MINUTES

Chairman Jay Ring opened the meeting and asked if anyone had any corrections to the minutes for the March 1, 2007 meeting, including the minutes from March 8, 2007, which were a continuation of the March 1 meeting.

TORY PINTER MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES; SECONDED BY RON DESIMONE. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

VARIANCE REQUEST – ED JONES

Chairman Jay Ring opened the discussion on this item, by recognizing Linda Taylor, who was appearing on behalf of Ed Jones. Ms. Taylor explained that there were two issues, with the first being about a barn that was in the setback for the property. Ms. Taylor then explained that Unit 7 in the Mountain Joy Cottage development was only three (3) feet from the rear lot line. When Unit 7 was built there were no zoning regulations in place, and no development adjacent to the Mountain Joy property. Now Crockett Meadows is adjacent to the Mountain Joy property on the side where Unit 7 is built. Chairman Jay Ring stated that the cleanest way to take care of the issue was to grant a variance to allow a zero lot line for Unit 7, but allow no future construction on Unit 7 that would encroach into the current three (3) foot setback.

RON DESIMONE MADE A MOTION TO GRANT A VARIANCE FOR UNIT 7 TO ALLOW A ZERO LOT LINE, BUT WITH NO FUTURE CONSTRUCTION ON UNIT 7 THAT WOULD ENCROACH FURTHER INTO THE CURRENT SETBACK; SECONDED BY CONNIE DENNIS.

THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

It was agreed that the issue of the barn in the setback was deemed not to require any action by the Board of Adjustments.

ADJOURNMENT

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, CHAIRMAN JAY RING MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING; SECONDED BY TORY PINTER.

THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:56 P.M.

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Jay Ring, Chairman Tim Barth, Town Manager