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Toccoa’s City Commission unanimously approved a Shady Street variance request from Alicia Gonzales and Lucas Legacy at its April 27 meeting, after holding a public hearing on the proposal. The action allows the applicants to combine three lots into two for a single-family residence, and commissioners also waived a second reading.
The decision matters because a variance is an exception to the city’s usual land-use rules, and the commission’s vote determines how the Shady Street property may be configured for the planned home. For the applicants, approval clears the requested lot combination; for nearby residents, the recorded terms define the zoning relief the city granted.
The matter first appeared publicly on the commission’s April 27 agenda as a hearing for Gonzales and Lucas Legacy’s Shady Street variance request. That notice established that the proposal would go before the governing body, but did not itself establish an outcome. Later in the same meeting, the commission considered the request after the hearing and approved it unanimously.
Gonzales and Lucas Legacy sought permission to reshape the three parcels into two in connection with a single-family residence. The City Commission was the deciding body and, according to its meeting minutes, supported the request without dissent. The agenda’s public-hearing notice provided the formal opportunity for public consideration before commissioners acted.
The variance is no longer merely proposed: the minutes record a motion, a unanimous approval and a waiver of the second reading. The commission approved the lot combination for the stated single-family-residence purpose. The meeting records cited here do not describe construction, identify additional permit steps, or show what changes have since occurred on the property.
The immediate commission decision has been made. The remaining public questions are practical follow-through: whether the applicants pursue any needed property, permitting or construction steps and when a residence might proceed. Those matters were not resolved in the April 27 agenda or minutes.