Planners deny variance for smoking porch - al.com

Planners deny variance for smoking porch - al.com: "ROBERTSDALE — Baldwin County planners last week upheld an engineer's decision to deny a Point Clear restaurant operator an exception from setback requirements to build a covered porch for smokers.

The Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday voted 8-1, with member Charles Cort voting no, to deny the appeal by Tamara Wintzell for a variance from the 75-foot construction setback line along Scenic 98.

The proposed 16-foot, covered porch on the west side of Tamara's Steamer would encroach into the setback area, which was the basis for denial by Richard Johnson, a planning engineer with the county's Highway Department."