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Council approves two commercial variances — liquor-store façade relief and Connors Road buffer reduction — with conditions
Summary
The council approved a variance for 113 Commons Way allowing existing stucco and stone to remain and permitting fiber-cement (Nichiha) for a new entrance (subject to façade, safety and parking conditions) and granted a landscaping-buffer reduction at 117 Connors Road in exchange for enhanced landscaping, a required landscape plan, and limiting permitted use to what the final parking supports. Both votes were 4–1.
During the Dec. 9 meeting the Villa Rica City Council considered two separate development-variance requests in Community Development.
113 Commons Way (VA-05-25): Staff recommended denial under the city’s four-sided-brick standard for presumptive liquor-store licenses because the ordinance seeks quality, durable façades. The applicant presented a structural-engineer hardship letter and said the existing building (a 2005 strip center) has stucco at an upper fascia and a stone water table that cannot feasibly be replaced with full brick without unstable structural impacts. Architect and contractor teams explained options: a full-brick…
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