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Cobb BZA approves Brown family variance for backyard shed with drainage and buffer conditions
Summary
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for an accessory structure at 979 Brickleberry Lane, requiring permitting and inspections plus a county‑approved buffer plan and on‑site runoff control after a neighbor objected that the shed encroached on his property.
The Cobb County Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 15 approved variance V‑129, allowing a roughly 182‑square‑foot accessory structure closer to property lines than zoning rules permit, subject to permitting, inspections and neighbor‑agreed buffering and runoff mitigation. The board moved the case from the consent agenda after a neighbor, Reed Howard, objected that part of the structure and an overhang sat on his lot.
Adam Rosen, attorney for applicants Charles and Diane Brown, told the board the Browns had believed the shed would be 3 feet from a fence that they and a neighbor had…
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