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Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals holds shed variance after code enforcement flags possible dwelling, orders inspections
Summary
The board held a variance request from William A. Lane for a roughly 578-square-foot shed after code enforcement reported possible living features and no building permits; the board asked Cobb building inspectors to inspect the structure and provide a punch list and continued the case to the August meeting.
On June 11, 2025, the Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4-0 to hold variance case B65, a request from William A. Lane to retain an accessory structure (about 578 square feet) closer to property lines than the zoning code permits, and to send county building inspectors to inspect the structure and provide a punch list before the board’s regular meeting in August.
The item concerns a request to reduce the accessory-structure setback from 35 feet to 14 feet on the western property line and to 2 feet on the northern property line for a property at the northwest corner of Friendship Ridge Lane and Friendship Ridge Court. The case was pulled from consent for discussion after code enforcement reported possible violations.
The board’s action…
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