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BZA approves variance for Greenfield Drive owner to add garage and master bedroom despite ECCA opposition
Summary
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance May 14 allowing Timothy Thompson to reduce the rear setback from 35 to 10 feet and an accessory-shed setback from 5 to 2 feet to build a garage and master-bedroom addition; the East Cobb Civic Association had recommended denial citing lack of hardship.
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved variance V-59 on May 14 permitting Timothy Thompson to reduce a rear setback from 35 feet to 10 feet and to reduce the setback for an existing 64-square-foot accessory shed from 5 feet to 2 feet at a lot on Greenfield Drive, enabling the owner to build a garage and a master-bedroom addition.
Thompson told the board the lot has an unusual shape and that a survey error placed a 35-foot setback where a…
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