The board voted 5-0 to approve the variance, on the condition that if the property is ever sold, it must be sold together with the owner's current residence.
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Franklin County approves variance for garage without a house on Knottywood Drive
Commissioners allowed a lakefront lot to have an accessory building without a home on it, but only if the parcel stays tied to the owner's other residence.
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David Tetzlaff and the Tetzlaff Family Trust sought a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code to build an accessory structure on their +/- 0.38-acre Lakefront Residential lot on Knottywood Drive in Lavonia without a principal dwelling on the property, as county rules otherwise require.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners took up the request at its January 6, 2025 meeting.
The board voted 5-0 to approve the variance, on the condition that if the property is ever sold, it must be sold together with the owner's current residence.
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ApprovedconfirmedV-2024-007 Variance: David Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff Family Trust, to build accessory structure without principal dwelling on Knottywood Dr., Lavonia
Motion to Approve with condition, if property is sold that it be sold in conjunction
with his current residence
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V-2024-007 Variance: David Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff Family Trust, to build accessory structure without principal dwelling on Knottywood Dr., Lavonia
Motion to Approve with condition, if property is sold that it be sold in conjunction with his current residence
Appeared on agendaproposedVariance V-2024-007: David and Angela Tetzlaff Family Trust, Knottywood Dr., Lavonia - build garage without principal dwelling in LR district
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District To build an accessory structure on property without having a principal dwelling
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Variance V-2024-007: David and Angela Tetzlaff Family Trust, Knottywood Dr., Lavonia - build garage without principal dwelling in LR district
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District To build an accessory structure on property without having a principal dwelling
DiscusseddiscussedVariance V-2024-007: Tetzlaff Family Trust request to build an accessory garage on a 0.38-acre Lakefront Residential lot on Knottywood Dr., Lavonia without a principal dwelling
seek a variance to the Franklin
County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential
Zoning District To build an accessory structure on property without having a principal
dwelling
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Variance V-2024-007: Tetzlaff Family Trust request to build an accessory garage on a 0.38-acre Lakefront Residential lot on Knottywood Dr., Lavonia without a principal dwelling
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District To build an accessory structure on property without having a principal dwelling
Appeared on agendaproposedVariance to build a garage without principal dwelling on Knottywood Dr, Lavonia (David Tetzlaff)
seek a variance to the Franklin
County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential
Zoning District to build an accessory structure on property without having a principal
dwelling
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Variance to build a garage without principal dwelling on Knottywood Dr, Lavonia (David Tetzlaff)
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 3 Section 3-101, LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District to build an accessory structure on property without having a principal dwelling
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