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BZA holds Gilmore impervious-coverage request after staff flags school-board encroachment
Summary
A variance request to expand living space and impervious coverage on Canopy Drive was held for one month after staff identified a possible 2,800 sq. ft. encroachment onto Cobb School Board property and stormwater asked for survey-based mitigation plans.
The board voted to hold a variance request from Gary Gilmore to increase impervious coverage to 61% and reduce multiple setbacks after staff identified substantive issues that must be resolved before the board acts.
Gilmore and his architect said topography and lot shape create a practical difficulty for placing additions and parking elsewhere; he proposed permeable pavers and other mitigations. Commissioners and staff, however, reported the applicant’s plans appear to encroach by roughly 2,800 square feet onto adjoining Cobb School Board land and noted a prior variance that had required permeable pavers had not been complied with. Cobb Stormwater Management requested a survey and conceptual mitigation plan to show how additional runoff would be handled on site.
Given those open items—permission (or resolution) from the school board regarding the encroachment, confirmation of impervious-area calculations via survey, and a mitigation plan—the board voted 5–0 to hold the case for one month so the applicant can return with documentation.
