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Rome ZBA applies rural‑residential dimensional standards to 11 Dawn Drive lots in airport approach district
Summary
The zoning board interpreted the code May 7, 2025 to apply Rural Residential dimensional standards (table 80‑6‑1) to 11 pre‑existing Dawn Drive parcels where airport‑approach setbacks left buildable areas smaller than 24 feet, enabling reasonable residential development.
The Rome Zoning Board of Appeals on May 7, 2025 voted to apply the city's Rural Residential (RR) dimensional standards to 11 preexisting nonconforming lots on Dawn Drive that fall inside the Airport Approach District and whose buildable areas would otherwise be less than 24 feet wide after required offsets.
City codes staff explained the background: the subdivision at the end of Dawn Drive was created in 1959–1961 when lots were substantially smaller than the later-adopted Airport Approach…
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