Home builders approved to finish the job

Approvals given last night by the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals will allow home builders to finish the job started prior to the Great Recession.  The board cast a pair of 5 to 1 votes to allow variances for M & T Properties and SK Builders for a project on Preston Ridge Drive near the Keowee School Road.  In each instance, Paul Reckert cast the lone dissenting vote.  The Board of Zoning Appeals has new officers for 2016.  Allen Medford will chair the board; Sam Lee, vice chairman.