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Board recommends setback variance for Sam Bowers' barn on Sid Hunter Road
Summary
The Coweta County Board of Zoning Appeals recommended approval of a variance allowing Sam Bowers to place a barn closer to his property line on a 32.8‑acre parcel in Sonoya District. Staff proposed conditions, including a minimum 25‑foot setback from the adjoining home‑site parcel; final action will be by the Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17, 2026.
The Coweta County Board of Zoning Appeals voted Jan. 29 to recommend approval of variance petition 2530, which would allow a setback reduction for a proposed barn on property at 1270 Sid Hunter Road in Sonoya District (District 1).
Zoning coordinator Nicole Blackwell told the board the applicant, Sam Bowers, owns an approximately 32.8‑acre parcel zoned RC conservation and lives on the adjoining home‑site parcel. Under the county ordinance, barns must be set back at least 100 feet from property lines and 200 feet from off‑site residential dwellings; the applicant requested relief to place a roughly 60‑by‑52‑foot barn closer to the applicant’s home‑site. Blackwell said staff visited the property, described the site plan and recommended a condition that the barn be located a minimum of 25 feet from the property line adjoining the applicant’s adjacent home site as shown on the submitted site plan.
Applicant Sam Bowers addressed the board, saying he did not want to put the barn in the middle of his field and planned to place it next to an existing barn on land in common ownership. “I just didn’t wanna put the barn out in the middle of my field,” Bowers said.
No members of the public signed up to speak in support or opposition. After a brief procedural check (staff reported no environmental‑health comments), a member moved to approve the variance per the staff recommendation; the motion passed by voice vote. The board’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Coweta County Board of Commissioners, which will make the final decision at its Feb. 17, 2026 meeting.
Action and next steps: the board recommended approval with staff’s condition limiting the barn to at least 25 feet from the adjoining home‑site property line. The matter is scheduled for the commissioners’ public meeting on Feb. 17, 2026 for final action.
