The new sorority houses at Brenau on Prior Street spoil the look and feel of the college campus. Did the college have to get special zoning variances or exceptions to build them so close together and so close to the street? An administrative variance for the Brenau’s new buildings was put into effect May 19, 2014, in order for the buildings to be 23 feet away from the right-of-way lane on Prior Street, according to Matt Tate, a planning manager for the city of Gainesville.