The Locust Grove City Council voted at its Oct. 7 regular meeting to approve a conditional use for a 3.48-acre piece of property at 91 Bowden Street, to allow a detached guest quarters.
City code allows guest quarters or employee quarters provided that no more than one such unit is placed on a lot and that unit is in the rear yard. The lot must also meet the minimum area requirements for a two-family dwelling, and the guest quarters cannot be used as rental property. This site is within an existing single-family residential neighborhood that has similar uses nearby. The applicants just purchased the property in August.
City staff recommended approval with the condition that the guest quarters comply with the intent of the Mixed Historic Neighborhood future land use designation, having similar architectural styles as the existing historic residential buildings of the district.
