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Cobb County zoning board approves consent variances, OKs contested garage with conditions; holds pool‑house request 30 days
Summary
At its Oct. 15 meeting the Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a consent agenda of variances, approved a contested 1,000 sq. ft. garage variance with conditions after neighbor objections, approved a pool‑equipment variance with location limits, and postponed a request for a pool house/guest house to allow the applicant to meet with county
Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals members met Oct. 15 and approved a consent agenda of routine variances, granted a contested variance allowing a 25-by-40-foot (about 1,000-square-foot) detached garage with conditions, approved a variance for pool equipment placement with specified offsets and elevation limits, and postponed a larger pool‑house/guest‑house request for 30 days so the applicant can consult with county staff about allowable uses.
The consent agenda included multiple variance requests for reduced setbacks, increased impervious coverage and larger wall signs (cases v114, v115, v117, v118, v121–v130 and others listed on the agenda). County staff recommended approval of those consent items and the board voted to approve the consent agenda after adding one case to consent.
The most contested item heard in detail was variance case v106, filed by Nancy Carroll, seeking permission to build a 25-by-40-foot garage (presented as 1,000 square feet) with setbacks reduced from the usual 100 feet to as little as 3 feet on one side in Land Lot 199 of the Twentieth District (Stilesboro Court area).…
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