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Alpharetta board approves rear-setback variance for Newport Bay Drive pool
Summary
The Alpharetta Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a swimming pool at 3565 Newport Bay Drive to be sited 10 feet from the rear property line instead of the 20 feet required by code, subject to staff conditions and neighborhood approval.
The Alpharetta Board of Zoning Appeals on Aug. 21 approved a variance to reduce the required rear setback for a residential swimming pool at 3565 Newport Bay Drive from 20 feet to 10 feet, contingent on staff conditions and approval from the neighborhood association. The vote followed staff presentation and comments from the applicant. Planning staff member Michael Woodman told the board the property is a roughly half‑acre lot in the Newport Bay subdivision that abuts the Golf Club of Georgia and contains stream buffers that encroach into the rear yard. Woodman said the applicant’s site plan positions the pool to avoid removing trees in the stream buffer and recommended…
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