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Villa Rica council tables variance request for proposed liquor store facade

Villa Rica City Council · November 11, 2025
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Summary

Council members tabled a variance request for a proposed liquor store at 113 Commons Way after staff recommended denial and council questioned whether the application established required hardship. The applicant and staff will rework plans; item returns in December.

The Villa Rica City Council on Nov. 11 tabled a variance request for a proposed liquor store at 113 Commons Way after lengthy discussion about whether the application met the city's hardship standard for deviating from the four-sided brick facade rule.

Brecca Carter, interim director of community development, told council staff recommended denial of the variance from section 4-401 because they found no practical hardship and noted the applicant had already modified the building's facade without prior approval. "We did not see a hardship," Carter said, and recommended denial while offering a list of conditions council could adopt if it chose…

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