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BZA backs large front-setback variances for proposed Frasier convenience store amid neighborhood opposition
Summary
Coweta County BZA recommended approval of variance 25-09 for front-setback reductions on a triangular parcel at Fisher, Major and Shaw roads to allow a proposed convenience store and fuel pumps; the decision followed a lengthy discussion about hardship created by a 2009 road realignment and public opposition citing traffic‑study flaws and neighborhood impacts.
The Coweta County Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 25 recommended approval of variance 25-09, a request from Frasier 3 Holdings LLC (identified in packet) to reduce front setbacks on a triangular parcel bounded by Fisher, Major and Shaw roads in Sharpsburg (District 4) to accommodate a proposed 3,420‑square‑foot convenience store with five gasoline pumps. The parcel — roughly 2.16 acres with approximately 1 acre zoned old commercial and the remainder zoned RC — was created by a county road realignment in 2009, which staff and the applicant said significantly constrained the buildable area.
Zoning manager Lisa Eschman described the requested reductions: Fisher Road to 85 feet from the centerline (a 50‑foot reduction from the 135‑foot requirement for that…
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