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Board approves reduced setbacks for proposed Ball Ground Highway warehouse
Summary
The board voted 4–0 to reduce recorded setbacks for a 3.6‑acre light‑industrial site at 7500 Ball Ground Highway to allow a larger truck court; staff said the building was moved outside stream buffers and the developer emphasized preserving fire access and landscaping.
The Cherokee County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance request to reduce recorded front setbacks at 7500 Ball Ground Highway so a proposed light‑industrial building can shift forward and provide a wider truck court and rear roll‑up doors. Staff (speaker 3) said the site is zoned LI, is about 3.6 acres and that the applicant requested reducing the Northridge Road setback to 40 feet and the Ball Ground Highway setback to 60 feet from recorded plat setbacks of 50 and 75 feet respectively.
Developer Scott Merrill (speaker 7) told the board the building was sited to avoid stream buffers after consultation with the county arborist, would provide full fire‑department access around the building, and would keep a 10‑foot landscape strip along the frontages. "We're able to stay out of streambank buffer and also have room to have fire department access all the way around the building," Merrill said. After limited board questions (including parking calculations), the motion to approve passed 4–0.
