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Decatur BZA approves variances for Sunday school addition at 1205 Mill Road SE
Summary
The Board of Zoning and Adjustments approved setback variances allowing a classroom addition to a church at 1205 Mill Road SE after the applicant argued the site’s four-sided frontage creates a hardship; the project still requires planning commission site-plan review.
The Board of Zoning and Adjustments of Decatur City voted to approve setback variances for a proposed classroom addition at 1205 Mill Road Southeast, allowing a 20-foot variance on one frontage and a six-foot variance on another so the church can add a connected classroom to its existing facilities.
The variances were sought by applicant Adi Newsom to attach a classroom to an earlier addition on the church’s property. Board members were told the parcel is bounded by roads on all four sides, creating multiple front-yard conditions that…
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