Cobb County denies applicant's attempt to avoid stormwater mitigation; amends earlier variance to limit pool permanence

The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals on April 9, 2025, denied a variance request from homeowner Vicky Beham that sought to allow existing impervious coverage above the county standard without completing the stormwater mitigation previously required by the board.

Beham sought to retain an existing impervious surface percentage she described as about 51'52% to accommodate an in-ground pool the household wants for medically advised aquatic therapy. Her attorney, Adam Rosen of Rosen, Rosen & Riley, said the property was built before the applicant owned it and that reducing impervious coverage to the county's 35% standard would impose extensive cost and land disturbance. Rosen said an earlier mitigation plan was prepared and a permit pursued but that…