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Zoning board denies variance to remove deceleration lane for proposed chip storage yard on Victoria Road
Summary
Cherokee County Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance request to eliminate a required deceleration (right‑turn) lane at 431 Victoria Road, rejecting the applicant’s traffic analysis and siding with residents’ safety concerns; vote was 5–0.
The Cherokee County Zoning Board of Appeals on a unanimous 5–0 vote denied a variance that would have eliminated the required deceleration lane at the entrance to a proposed wood‑chip storage yard at 431 Victoria Road.
Staff said the application asked to remove the right‑turn deceleration lane required by the Cherokee County Development Ordinance; the applicant’s traffic study reported an estimated two right turns per day and relied on counts from a comparable Mableton site and GDOT (Georgia Department of Transportation) lane‑warrant thresholds. The board’s decision came after extended public comment raising traffic and land‑use concerns.
The applicant, represented by Darrell Cook of Watts & Browning Engineers, and traffic engineer…
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