Sandersville City Council unanimously approved a request for a special exception on Pine Forest Drive during their Monday, March 7 meeting.
The property, located at 217 Pine Forest Drive in Sandersville, is owned by Joseph M. Meeks, Jr. and George M. Meeks. The property is located in an R-2 (Single-Family Residence) zone.
With the special exception, this would allow a manufactured home to be placed in the R-2 zone on Pine Forest Drive.
“There’s predominantly manufactured homes on Pine Forest Drive, so it wouldn’t be out of place,” said Sandersville’s Community Development Director Dave Larson, adding that the staff recommendation was to approve the special exception.
In addition to the special exception, Sandersville City Council also approved a variance for a roof pitch reduction for the manufactured home on Pine Forest Drive.
The roof pitch required by the City on manufactured homes is 4:12.
“It’s difficult to find a manufactured home that has the 4:12 roof pitch, and if they do find one, it’s substantially more expensive,” explained Larson, adding that the variance request was to allow a 3:12 roof pitch in this situation.
Sandersville Community Development Director Larson stated that the staff recommendation was to allow the 3:12 roof pitch.
Prior to voting on the requests, the Sandersville Council conducted public hearings regarding the requests. It can be noted that the Sandersville Planning & Zoning Committee also held public hearings concerning the requests.
Sandersville’s Community Development Director Dave Larson explained that the Sandersville Planning and Zoning Commission recently heard these requests and voted to recommend both the special exception and the variance.
After hearing the request, Sandersville Council voted to grant the special exception and the variance.