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Commissioners deny request to keep two service miniature horses on less-than-2-acre lot
Summary
A request to reduce required lot size from two acres to 0.459 acres for two therapeutic miniature horses was denied after the board concluded the parcel did not meet zoning standards and the animals were not yet fully trained.
Cobb County commissioners on Sept. 20 denied a request to allow two miniature horses to be kept on a 0.459-acre residential lot, rejecting an application for a reduction in required acreage for horses and finding the parcel inconsistent with the county’s zoning standards.
The board voted 3-0 to deny Other Business Item 39, which sought to reduce the county’s two-acre minimum for horses to 0.459 acres at a property on Sansquah Lane (Landlot 697, Nineteenth District). The applicant listed on the agenda was Matthew Brady Owen; he was represented at the hearing by Jennifer Rosqueta, who described the animals and the household’s disability accommodations in detail.
Rosqueta told…
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