On July 7, 2025, the board moved off the table and denied the variance. Commissioner Pulliam made the motion to deny, Commissioner Smith seconded, and the vote carried 5-0, ending the bid to place the manufactured home on the property.
Franklin County board denies variance for manufactured home on Saint Michael Drive
After tabling the request twice, county commissioners rejected a bid to place a manufactured home on a Lakefront Residential lot in Lavonia.
July 17, 2025: Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr (V-2025-004)
At a glance
What this means now
The story
Cory Battle Sr. and Reva Battle sought a variance to Franklin County's Unified Development Code, Chapter 2 Section 2-302(b), to place a manufactured home on a +/- 0.23-acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia, in the Lakefront Residential zoning district. The Planning Commission recommended denial of the request 4-0.
At its April 7, 2025 regular meeting, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to table the variance request rather than act on it immediately.
The board took the matter up again on May 5, 2025, when Commissioner Pulliam moved to table the request indefinitely; the motion carried 5-0.
On July 7, 2025, the board moved off the table and denied the variance. Commissioner Pulliam made the motion to deny, Commissioner Smith seconded, and the vote carried 5-0, ending the bid to place the manufactured home on the property.
What happened
How this issue got here
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Not approvedconfirmedVariance for Cory Battle Sr. to place a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA
30553; District 2 (Map/Parcel 061A/330) Proposed use: Manufactured Home
Board of Commissioners voted to deny 5-0
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Variance for Cory Battle Sr. to place a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA 30553; District 2 (Map/Parcel 061A/330) Proposed use: Manufactured Home Board of Commissioners voted to deny 5-0
Not approvedunknownVariance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr (V-2025-004)
place a manufactured home on a +/- 0.23 -acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA 30553; District 2 (Map/Parcel 061A/330) Proposed use: Manufactured Home
Board of Commissioners voted to deny 5-0
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Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr (V-2025-004)
place a manufactured home on a +/- 0.23 -acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA 30553; District 2 (Map/Parcel 061A/330) Proposed use: Manufactured Home Board of Commissioners voted to deny 5-0
Not approvedconfirmedVariance V-2025-004 to allow a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
Motion to Deny: Commissioner Pulliam
Seconded: Commissioner Smith
Discussion: None
Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Denied)
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Variance V-2025-004 to allow a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
Motion to Deny: Commissioner Pulliam Seconded: Commissioner Smith Discussion: None Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Denied)
TabledconfirmedV-2025-004 Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr (Cory Battle Sr.)
Motion to Table Indefinitely: Commissioner Pulliam
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V-2025-004 Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr (Cory Battle Sr.)
Motion to Table Indefinitely: Commissioner Pulliam
Appeared on agendaproposedVariance V-2025-004 to place a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
Planning Commission recommended denial 4-0
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Variance V-2025-004 to place a manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia
Planning Commission recommended denial 4-0
DiscusseddiscussedVariance V-2025-004: manufactured home on 0.23-acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (Lakefront Residential zoning)
place a
manufactured home on a +/- 0.23 -acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA
30553
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Variance V-2025-004: manufactured home on 0.23-acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (Lakefront Residential zoning)
place a manufactured home on a +/- 0.23 -acre tract at 173 Saint Michael Dr Lavonia, GA 30553
Appeared on agendaproposedVariance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code,
Chapter 2 Section 2-302(b), LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District to place a
manufactured home
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Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 2 Section 2-302(b), LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District to place a manufactured home
TabledunknownVariance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Tabled) – (APRIL 7, 2025 – REGULAR MEETING)
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Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Tabled) – (APRIL 7, 2025 – REGULAR MEETING)
TabledconfirmedV-2025-004 Variance: Cory Battle Sr./Reva Battle, 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia, to place a manufactured home on 0.23-acre tract in Lakefront Residential district
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development
Code, Chapter 2 Section 2-302(b), LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District to
place a manufactured home
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V-2025-004 Variance: Cory Battle Sr./Reva Battle, 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia, to place a manufactured home on 0.23-acre tract in Lakefront Residential district
seek a variance to the Franklin County Unified Development Code, Chapter 2 Section 2-302(b), LR, Lakefront Residential Zoning District to place a manufactured home
TabledunknownVariance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Tabled) - (APRIL 7, 2025 – REGULAR MEETING)
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Variance for manufactured home at 173 Saint Michael Dr, Lavonia (V-2025-004)
Vote: motion carried 5-0 (Tabled) - (APRIL 7, 2025 – REGULAR MEETING)
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