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MOORESVILL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MINUTES MAY 8, 2003 The Mooresville Board of Zoning Appeals met on May 8, 2003 at 7:00 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Board members present were: Alan Kramer, Chairman, Chris Crouch, Don Barry, and Jon Swisher. Mike Young was absent. Town Attomey, Tim Currens, was present. Motion was made by Don Barry, second by Chris Crouch, to approve the minutes for the April 10, 2003 as corrected. Motion carried 4-0. Next on the agenda was Larry Long, 32 E High Street, requesting a Variance on square footage of a commercial lot, Lot 4 Block 26. Mr. Long said it was the building across from Carlisle and he is getting the zoning changed from R-1 to B-1. Previously it was a lot on a minor plat, which was for 6000 sq. ft. for a B-1 and 10,000 sq. ft. on the R-2 lot, and he is with drawing the minor plat. He is requesting a variance for the B-1 on the whole lot, which is approximately 16,000 sq. ft. Mr. Kramer asked if there were any questions from the board. Mr. Kramer read the fact of finding for the variance and there being no comments, he asked for a motion on the variance. Motion was made by Mr. Barry, second by Mr. Crouch, to approve the variance for square footage for a commercial lot. Motion carded 4-0. Next was Mr. John l_m'fison of Holloway & Associates, representing Mr. Steven Stover, 5812 Landersdale Road, requesting a variance for a second residence. Currently there is one house and a detached two-car garage; he would like to add two new rooms. One room would attached the garage to the house and enlarge the garage to a three car garage. He would like to add a stairway, which would lead to an apartment over the garage. This is to provide accommodations for his sister-in-law who currently lives next door to them. There is an unfortunate situation in the family and the sister-in-law has to move out. She has suffered thru some hardships the last year or so and basically has nowhere to go. Steve would like to build the apartment over the garage to accommodate her. The existing house is already connected to city water and sewer systems. He is also going to put new vinyl siding on the house and no additional parking will he created. This will be an improvement to the area and the neighbors are supporting them in the improvement. Mr. Swisher asked what the square footage of the apartment would be. Mr. Larrison said is would be close to 700 square feet. Mr. Swisher asked what variance were they asking for. Mr. Kramer said if was a variance from the primary use of single-family residence to two family residences or a double. Mr. Currens said it was filed as a variance from development standards to allow two primary residences on one lot. They are going from single-family residence to a two family residence in one house, which is a double. Mr. Swisher asked if there was a minimum square footage on a double. Mr. Currens said there was. Mr. Kramer said without looking it up he was not sure, but minimum square footage was probably more than 700 square feet. Looking at it another way only one person could live in an area that small. Mr. Larrison said with the two rooms he was adding the existing house would have a total of 1800