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Board approves multiple variances for local development projects, including lumber-yard and residential requests
Summary
The board approved a series of variance requests related to residential setbacks and commercial site standards — including reduced rear-yard setback for a residential patio and multiple variances for a proposed lumber and building-materials yard with conditions for buffers, screening and paving.
On July 15 the Coweta County Board of Commissioners approved several variances presented by community-development staff:
- vAR25-10 (Barbara Spivey): reduced rear-yard building setback at 135 Greenleaf Pass in Sharpsburg from a required 40 feet to 27 feet to allow a covered roof over an existing patio; BZA recommended approval and the board carried the motion with conditions limiting the roof projection and requiring all building permits and inspections.
- vAR25-08 / vAR25-11 / vAR25-12 (Coweta Pine Ventures LLC): three related variances for a proposed lumber and building-materials retail, warehouse and lumber yard off Pine Road in Newnan. Staff described requests for a reduced buffer (from 100 feet to 25 feet adjacent to CSX railroad), use of asphalt millings in lieu of heavy-duty pavement in certain open-storage areas, and landscape/screening alternatives to full fence or wall along the Pine Road Quality Development Corridor. The board approved the variances with conditions including maintenance of an undisturbed 25-foot buffer where required, submission and approval of buffer plans, use of decorative 6-foot screening fencing and coordination on access-drive widths and screening standards to reduce visual impacts along Pine Road.
Staff noted the board of zoning appeals recommended unanimous approval of these items and the board adopted those recommendations with the specified conditions.
