Osage Beach board approves variance for Summit Circle home addition

The Osage Beach Board of Adjustment on an unspecified meeting date approved a variance for Case 353, permitting an addition and a garage at 1 Summit Circle that would sit 13.85 feet from the front property line.

The board chair called the case and identified the applicants as Daniel and Susan McCurley. City staff confirmed that legal notice requirements were met and that the Architectural Review Board for Summit Circle had provided letters included in the meeting packet supporting the proposed addition. The city planner described the project as an addition that includes a mudroom, pantry and breezeway between the existing garage and home and said the garage component would be 13.85 feet from the front property line, closer than current setback requirements.

Board members asked no follow-up questions during the hearing. Legal counsel stated, “Legal approves,” and a motion to approve the variance was made, seconded and put to a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded votes of yes from Karen Baumann, Randy Gross, Gloria O’Keefe and Jeremy Green. The chair declared the variance passed; the board had the four affirmative votes required under the applicable statutes to grant a variance.

The chair reminded the public that appeals of the board’s decisions must be filed at the Camden County Circuit Court rather than at the city. The applicant was present at the hearing but did not offer additional testimony. The meeting then adjourned.

No members of the public spoke in opposition at the scheduled public-comment portion of the hearing; written responses from the Architectural Review Board were noted in the record. Details not specified in the record include whether any specific conditions were attached to the variance beyond the project description and the identity of the motion mover (record shows motion was made on the floor).