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Neighbors and applicant spar over 200-foot buffer in Marietta rezoning hearing
Summary
A public hearing on a Powder Springs Street property drew debate after the applicant's representative said a 200-foot buffer for commercial landscapers would render much of the lot unusable; neighbors raised driveway, access and historic-district concerns, and a council member moved to deny other variances.
City staff opened a public hearing on a rezoning/variance request for a Powder Springs Street property after a speaker asked to rezone a single lot so it could be divided. The applicant's representative told the council the property, vacant since about 2015 and owned by Jenny Cunningham's family since 1962, has a ready buyer: a commercial landscaping company that would rehabilitate existing structures and park box trucks and pickups for daily operations rather than store bulk landscaping materials.
The representative said a 200-foot buffer applied to commercial landscapers effectively makes a significant portion of the lot unusable. "I requested that we remove the 200 foot buffer," the representative said.…
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