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Planning commission approves variances for MARTA operations and maintenance facility
Summary
Forest Park Planning Commission voted Sept. 18 to approve two variances for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority to build a multipurpose operations and maintenance facility at 5163 and 5265 Old Dixie Highway, allowing five accessory structures on one parcel and reducing a rear-yard setback from 30 to 21 feet with conditions.
Forest Park Planning Commission voted Sept. 18 to grant variances requested by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to support construction of a multipurpose operations and maintenance facility at 5163 and 5265 Old Dixie Highway.
Staff described the site as two contiguous parcels totaling about 31.24 acres in the planned industrial district in Ward 4. MARTA’s proposal includes six primary buildings and two auxiliary structures. The commission approved relief to increase the number of accessory structures allowed on parcel 5265 Old Dixie Highway from the code limit of three to five, and to reduce the minimum rear-yard setback from 30…
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