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BZA approves setback reduction on High Green Drive, citing drainage hardship; DOT comments included
Summary
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance May 14 to reduce the major side setback on a corner lot at High Green Drive to allow a rotated new home after the applicant documented significant drainage issues; the board specified that Department of Transportation comments be included in the approval.
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved on May 14 a variance (B-58-2025) to reduce the major side setback from the required 25 feet to 15 feet for a corner lot at the northwest corner of High Green Drive and High Green Court, a request made to permit construction of a new two-story house facing High Green Court.
Applicant Hamid Alai, president of Unique Design Construction and the project's builder, told the board that severe drainage and a headwall collecting runoff along the north property line create a safety and construction concern that justified orienting the new house away from the drainage feature. "The volume of the water…
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