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Rome ZBA approves two setback variances for proposed Chobani facility on Perimeter Road; neighbors raise noise and odor concerns
Summary
The Rome Zoning Board of Appeals approved two area variances allowing a proposed Chobani facility to build a continuous enclosed corridor across two parcels on Perimeter Road by reducing interior side-yard setbacks from 15 feet to 0 feet.
The City of Rome Zoning Board of Appeals on Nov. 5 approved two separate area variances allowing a proposed Chobani facility to reduce interior side-yard setbacks from 15 feet to 0 feet across two adjacent parcels on Perimeter Road. The variances permit a continuous enclosed corridor that would connect manufacturing and warehouse buildings sited on what the county and applicant described as the Triangle parcel and part of the former golf course.
Kevin McAuliffe, an attorney with Barclay Damon representing the project, said the project was redesigned to shift the warehouse and a smaller processing building to the golf course parcel so the connected corridor could be enclosed. McAuliffe explained that the parcels cannot be merged now because the Triangle…
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