Variances
For the official decisions of the Planning Commission, Board of Appeals and Variances, and the Board of Commissioners, check the Cobb County Clerk’s webpage. This site presents an unofficial summary only.
Current
Petition V-132 (October)
Petition V-130 (October) – Held until December
Petition V-128 (October) – Held until November
Petition V-120 (September) – Held until October – Continued until November
Future
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Past - 2024
Petition V-112 (September)
Petition V-78 (June)
Petition V-71 (May)
Petition V-64 (May) – Withdrawn
Petition V-42 (March) – held until April
Petition V-5 (January)
Petition V – 19 (February)
Petition V – 18 (February)
Past - 2023
Petition V-121 (November)
Petition V-118 (November)
Petition V-102 (October) – For Information only
Petition V-99 ( October)
Petition V-77 (July)
Petition V-71 (July)
V- 63 (June 2023)
V-48 (April)
V – 18 (February) – Withdrawn
Petition V – 11 (January)
Petition V-134 (December) – Continued January
Past - 2022
Petition V – 102 (September)
Property is located at 101 Dickerson Road. This property is at the eastern terminus of Dickerson Road.
Petition V – 86 (September)
Petition V-53 (June)
Petition V-32 (April)
Applicant, Michael Bruce, 678-435-4355, requests to reduce the rear setback from required 35 ft to 30 ft.
Property is located at 5222 Huntingford Terrace. This is located on the western terminus of Huntingford Terrace, west of Huntingford Drive (Willow Point Subdivision).
Petition V-23 (March) – Continued until May
Petition V-20 (February)
Applicant, Breckenridge Homeowners of East Cobb, 340-227-6072, represented by Clifford Goodman, 340-227-6072, requests to reduce the setback for a neighborhood amenity structure (640 sq ft pavilion) from required 100 ft to 12 ft adjacent to the northern property line.
Property is located at 4662 Freeman Road. This is located on the northwest side of Freeman Road, east of Interlaken Drive. The current title owner is Breckenridge Homeowners of East Cobb, Inc.
Petition V-12 (February)
Petition V-3 (January) For Information Only
Past - 2021
Petition V-141 (December)
Applicant, Chad and Kandace Hyland, 801-809-8840, represented by H. Dale Contant, 770-565-8999, requests to reduce the side setback from 10 ft to 6 ft adjacent to the eastern property.
Property is located at 3765 Creek Stone Way. This is located at the southern terminus of Creek Stone Way, east of High Green Drive.
Petition V- 140 (December)
Applicant, Parkash Realty 1080 JFR, LLC, 404-429-0175, represented by Parks F Huff, 770-422-7016, requests to increase the impervious amount of the property from 70% to 83% (site is currently 75% impervious).
Property is located at 1080 Johnson Ferry Road. 4370 Roswell Road. This is located on the southeast corner of East Cobb Drive and Roswell Road. Current title owner is East Cobb Warren, LLC.
Petition V-132 (November) – For information only
Applicant, Temple Kol Emeth, Ltd, 770-973-3533, represented by Jahnee Prince, 678-690-5710, requests to 1) reduce the front setback from 50 ft to 40 ft (existing) and 2) reduce the landscaped screening buffer adjacent to residentially zoned property from required 35 feet to zero feet along western edge of the property.
Property is located at 1415 Old Canton Road. This is located at the northwest intersection of Sewell Mill Road and Old Canton Road south of Brookcliff Drive and on the east side of Brookcliff Place. Current title owner is Temple Kol Emeth, LTD.
Petition V-129 (November) – Continued until December
Applicant, East Cobb Warren, LLC, 615-423-5574, represented by Rob Hosack of Taylor English Decisions, 770-235-5662, requests to reduce the number of parking spaces from 57-50.Â
Property is located at 4370 Roswell Road. This is located on the southeast corner of East Cobb Drive and Roswell Road. Current title owner is East Cobb Warren, LLC.
Petition V-103 (September)
Applicant, Paul Edjua, 530-848-5863, [email protected], requests an increase of impervious area from 36.9% to 42.8%
Additional Information:
Property is located at 1360 Little Willeo Road. This is on the south side of Little Willeo Road, across from Karls Gate Drive.
Petition V-101 (August)
Applicant, Russell E. Williams, 404-547-4486, requests to 1) reduce the rear setback from 40 ft to 23 ft; and 2) reduce the front setback from required 35 ft to 34 ft (existing).
Property is located at 991 Muirfield Drive. This is on the north side of Muirfield Drive, north of Muirfield Court.
Petition V-72 (July)
Applicant, Nicholas and Kasey Aronson, represented by Kelly Salva, 470-242-5530, requests to reduce the rear setback from required 35 feet to 30 feet.
Property is located at 3631 Clubland Drive. This is located on east side of Clubland Drive, north of Ridgewater Drive.
Petition V-46 (May) For information only
Hugh Tully, 770-559-5163, represented by Hugh Tully, 770-559-5163, requests to reduce the major side setback from required 25 ft to 23.3 ft (existing) adjacent to Foxcroft Circle; and 2) allow a proposed in-ground pool and spa) to be located to the side of the house.
Property is located at 601 Foxcroft Circle. This is on the northeast corner of Foxcroft Trail and Foxcroft Circle. Current zoning: R-15; Size of Track: 0.36 acres.
Petition V-44 (May)
Paul Edjua, 530-848-5863, represented by Paul Edjua, 530-848-5863, requests to reduce the front side and rear setbacks to accommodate two gazebos. The specifics include:
- Reduce front setback from 40 feet to 36.4 feet (existing);
- Reduce the rear setback from 35 feet to 21 feet (existing);
- Increase the maximum allowable impervious surface from 35% to 36.9%;
- Allow an accessory structure under 650 sq ft (214 sq ft gazebo) to be located to side of house;
- Reduce front setback from 40 ft to 15 feet (existing) and the rear setback from required 35 ft to 20 ft (existing) to accommodate 214 sq ft gazebo.
- Reduce side setback from required 10 ft to 3 ft adjacent to the eastern property line and rear setback from 35 ft to 7 ft for a 462 sq ft proposed stone gazebo.
Property is located at 1360 Little Willeo Road. This is on the south side of Little Willeo Road, across from Karls Gate Drive. Current zoning: R-20; Size of Track: 0.52 acres.
Petition V-37 (April) – For Information Only
Jerry Cox, 770-365-7273, represented by Kathleen M. Cox, 404-376-6225, requests to 1) reduce the rear setback from required 30 feet to 24 feet; and 2) reduce the required setbacks for an accessory structure under 144 square feet (existing approximately 112 square foot shed) from 5 feet to 3 feet adjacent to the rear and southern property lines.
Property is located at 755 Monticello Way. This is on the east side of Monticello Way, north of Greenwood Trail. Current zoning: R-15; Size of Track: 0.34 acre.
Petition V-35 (May)
Julie’s Plaza LLC, 678-754-4673, represented by John Bishara 678-754-4673, requests to: 1) Allow up to 87% impervious surface; 2) reduce the dimensions of a 90 degree parking stall from 8.5 feet x 19 feet to 9 feet x 18 feet; 3) reduce the width of a two-way drive aisle from 24 feet to 22 feet; and 4) waive the required landscape enhancement strip; and 5) reduce the sign setback from required 52 feet from centerline to 30 feet.
Property is located at 1314 East Cobb Drive. This is on the east side of East Cobb Drive, north of Johnson Ferry Road. Current zoning: GC; Size of Track: 0.67 acre
Petition V-32 (April)
Garry Spinks, 404-313-1179, requests to 1) reduce the front setback from 45 feet to 42.5 feet; and 2) reduce the rear setback from required 34 feet (previous V-119 of 2020) to 32.6 feet.
Property is located at 4030 River Ridge Chase. This is on the south side of River Ridge Chase, west of Paper Mill Road. Current zoning: R-30; Size of Track: 0.69 acre.
Petition V-26 (April)
Jennifer and Jonathan Tucker, 404-403-8673, represented by Jennifer Tucker, 770-826-4064, requests to: 1) reduce the side setback from 10 feet to 5 feet to accommodate a new garage on the property; and 2) allow a second electrical meter on a residential lot.
Property is located at 822 Fox Hollow Parkway, Marietta, GA. Current zoning: R-20; Size of Track: 0.88 acre
Petition V-7 (February 2021)
Applicant, Paul R. Brown, 404-780-6375, represented by Jeffrey G. Powell, 470-297-8008, requests to reduce the front set back from the required 35 feet to 32 feet to allow for a portico to protect the front door from the elements.
Property is located on the western side of Bedford Oaks Drive, north of Lower Roswell Road (763 Bedford Oaks Drive).
Petition V-177 (January)
Aqua Design Pools & Spas LLC 770/517-1117, represented by Faye Colbert requests to: 1) Reduce the front setback from the required 40 feet to 20 feet (existing); and 2) allow an accessory structure (pool, spa, equipment, and associated paver patio) to the side of the principal building.
Property is located on the east side of Indian Hills Parkway, south of Clubland Drive, (850 Indian Hills Parkway).
Past - 2020
Petition V-166 (December)
Andrea Cass 404/295-6412 requests to: increase the maximum allowable impervious surface from 35% to 43.49%.
Property is located on the west side of Blackwell Farms Drive, south of Roswell Road, (1113 Blackwell Farms Drive).
Petition V-158 (November)
Petition V-154 (November) For Information Only
Petition V-147 (October)
Petition V-138 (October)
Applicant Bonny Phillips Powell, 404-550-5759, representing herself and Daniel Phillips Powell as Titleholder, request that: 1) an accessory structure (existing approximately 288 square foot shed) be allowed to be at the side of the principal building; 2) the rear setback for an accessory structure under 650 square feet (existing approximately 288 square foot shed) be reduced from the required 30 feet to 22 feet; and 3) the rear setback be reduced from the required 30 feet to 16 feet.
Property is located: on the eastside of Foxcroft Circle, east of Foxcroft Trail (631 Foxcroft Circle).
Petition V-127 (September) for information only
Applicant and Titleholder, Grace Marietta Inc. represented by Douglas Tappin, 770-971-3052, requests to:1) reduce the landscaped screening buffer when abutting residential property from required 35 feet to zero feet along the southern property line; and 2) reduce the front setback from required 50 feet to 36 feet (existing).
Property is located on the west side of Holt road, south of Robinson Road (675 Holt Road)
Petition V-122 (September) for information only – Continued to November
Applicant, Jim Noble, Represented by Paul Huff, Esq., 770-4227016, on behalf of Bradley Financial Corporation, requests to: 1) reduce the required setback for a building used for animals (proposed 2,520 square foot barn) from 100 feet to 66 feet adjacent to the western property line, to 20 feet adjacent to the northern property line, and to 11 feet adjacent to the eastern property line; 2) reduce the required distance to maintain animals from 10 feet from any residential property line to zero feet; 3) allow more than one (1) animal per 5,000 square feet of lot area; and 4) allow an accessory structure (proposed 2,520 square foot barn) to be on a lot without a principal building.
Property is located at the southeast intersection of Aven Road and Hyde Road, east of Beau Reve Park (842 Hyde Road)
Petition V- 121 (September)
Applicant and representative, Clinton Mosely, 770-889-1212, on behalf of Titleholder, Woodlawn Square Limited Partnership, requests to increase the maximum allowable area of a wall sign from 49 square feet to 184.23 square feet.
Property is located on the south side of Johnson Ferry Road, the east side of Princeton Walk and the west side of Woodlawn Parkway (1205 Johnson Ferry Road)
Petition V-120 (September)
Applicant, Marcia Dalton, 770-993-1363, Titleholder, requests to: 1) allow an accessory structure (existing approximately 792 square foot garage) to the side of the principal building; and 2) reduce the required setback for an accessory structure over 650 square feet (existing approximately 792 square foot garage) from 100 feet to 18 feet adjacent to the eastern property line and to 48 feet adjacent to the northern property line.
Property is located on the north side of Timber Ridge Road, east of Little Willeo Road (5125 Timber Ridge Road)
Petition V-119 (September)
Applicant Garry M. Spinks, 404-313-1179, Titleholder, requests to reduce the rear setback of this Property from the required 40 feet to 34 feet.
Property is located on the south side of River Ridge Chase, west of Paper Mill Road (4030 River Ridge Chase).
Petition V-116 (September)
Applicant Antonios Sideris, 770-361-8555, requests to:1) Reduce the side setback from required 10 feet to 6.4 feet (existing) adjacent to the eastern property line; 2) reduce the rear setback from required 30 feet to 17.8 feet (existing); 3) allow parking and/or maneuvering of vehicles on a non-hardened and treated surface (existing gravel); and 4) increase the maximum allowable fence height from six (6') feet to eight and a half (8.5') feet on the sides and twelve and a half (12.5') feet in rear.
Property is located: at the northern terminus of Old Hunters Trace and on the south side of Johnson Ferry Road (1620 Old Hunter's Trace)
Petition V-110 (September)
Applicant Debra Atkins, 404-323-4440, represented by Katie Matthews, 678-681-7446, is requesting an increase of the maximum allowable area of a wall sign from 49 square feet to 205.6 square feet.
Property is located: on the northwest corner of Johnson Ferry Place and Johnson Ferry Road (1232 Johnson Ferry Road).
Petition V-95 (August)
Applicant, Christopher Williams, 404-989-6904, Title Holder, requests to: 1) increase the maximum allowable impervious surface from 35% to 37.13%, and 2) reduce the side setback from required 10 feet to 8.9 feet adjacent to the western property line and 3) allow an accessory structure setback from 5 feet to 2.4 feet existing.
Property is located on the north side of Fairfield Drive, south of Hampton Woods Drive (876 Fairfield Drive).
Petition V-76 (May)
Applicant: Donald Smallwood and Alicia Smallwood, 404-441-1718, representing Title Holders, Donald Smallwood and Alicia Smallwood, request that they be allowed to:
- Reduce the front setback from the required 35 feet (existing variance V-52 of 1980) to 28 feet; and 2) reduce the rear setback from 45 feet to 10 feet (existing).
Property is 0.46 acres and is located on the northeast corner of Post Oak Tritt Road and Innsbruck Lane (2702 Innsbruck Lane). Alpine Lakes Subdivision
Petition V-70 (May)
Applicant: Eric Larsen, 678-584-3726, representing Title Holder, MRE East Cobb Express, LLC, requests that they be allowed to increase the allowable amount of wall signage from 49 square feet to 101 square feet each for the north and south facing walls.
Property is 0.60 acres and is located on the east side of Roswell road, north of Robinson Road.
V-60 (May)
Applicant: Larry Swartz, 770-687-4752, representing Title Holder, Larry Swartz, requests that he be allowed to:
Reduce the side setbacks from 10' to 8.1' on the east property line, and to 8.9' on the west property line.
Property is 1.03 acres and is located at the southern terminus of Ridgewater Drive, south of Ridgewater Trail (2948 Ridgewater Drive).
Petition V-55 (May)
Applicant, Jeff Zollinger, 770-712-9873, representing Title Holders, Jeffrey Allen Zollinger and Elizabeth Maycock Zollinger, requests that they be allowed to:
- Allow accessory structures to be located closer to the side street right of way line than the principal structure (proposed approximately 128 square foot shed and wooden playground) and;
- A sewer easement variance.
Property is 0.81 acres and is located at 1790 Greystone Court, Marietta GA 30068. (ABUTS WILLOW POINT SUBDIVISION)
Petition V-18 (January)
Applicant Kimley-Horm & Associates, 470-489-1864, titleholder Target Corporation, represented by Charles White, requests that they be allowed to: Increase the maximum allowable sign area from 49 square feet to 220.59 square feet
Property is 17.61 acres and is located at 3040 Shallowford Road, Marietta, GA 30062, at the southeast intersection of Sandy Plains Road and Shallowford Road
Petition V-14 (January)
Applicant and titleholder Reza Abbaspour, 415-993-9194, request that: Reduce the rear setback from the required 50 feet to 25 feet adjacent to the eastern property line.
Property is 2.12 acres and is located at 457 Shadowlawn Road SE, Marietta, GA 30067, accessed by private easement from the east side of Shadowlawn Road, south of Somerset Trace. (Backs up to Sibley subdivison on Paper Mill)
Petition V-13 (January)
Applicant and titleholder Louis Schneider and Lora Schneider, 404-964-1074, request that they be allowed to: Increase the maximum allowable impervious coverage from 35% to 40%.
Property is 0.35 acres and is located at 960 Ashebrooke Court, Marietta, GA 30068, on the west side of Ashebrooke Court, south of Asheton Court (ASHEBROOKE SUBDIVISION)
Petition V-11 (January)
Applicant Luke Kassler and Ashley Kassler, 404-519-9491, titleholders are Justin Kassler and Sara A. Kassler, represented by Sara Ashley Kassler, requests that they be allowed to: Increase the maximum allowable impervious coverage from 35% to 37.15%.
Property is 0.47 acres and is located at 122 Dickerson Rd., NE, Marietta, GA 30067, on the east side of Dickerson Road, south of Lakeshore Way (KING’S COVE SUBDIVISION)
Past - 2019
Petition V-109 (November) – Continued until December
Applicant Julieta Issa, 404-483-0048, representing Title Holder Alexander J. Issa requests to:
1) Reduce the setbacks for an accessory structure over 650 square feet (approximately 785 square feet existing wood frame building) from the required 100 feet to 33 feet adjacent to the east property line and to 39 feet adjacent to the north property line;
2) allow parking and/or maneuvering of vehicles on a non-hardened and
treated surface; and
3) allow a second electrical meter on a residential lot.
Property is 0.54 acres and is located at 2211 Piedmont Forest Court, At the northern terminus of Piedmont Forest Court, LAND LOT: 669, east of East Piedmont Road.
Petition V-100 (November)
Applicant Tatiana Quintero), 678-830-7847, representing Title Holders Tatiana Quintero and Freddy Mora Calvo, requests that they be allowed to:
1) Reduce the front setback from the required 40 feet to 15 feet (existing);
2) reduce the rear setback from the required 35 feet to 14 feet (existing);
3) allow parking and/or maneuvering of vehicles on a non-hardened and treated surface; and,
4) reduce the setbacks for an accessory structure over 650 square feet (approximately 1,020 square foot one story frame building) from the required 100 feet to zero feet adjacent to the south property line, to 79 feet adjacent to the east property line, and to 65 feet adjacent to the north property line.
Property is 0.67 acres and is located at 2873 Robinson Road, on the north side of Robinson Road, LAND LOT(S): 1033, 1034; east of Scottish Mill Run. (PRINCETON MILL SUBDIVISION)
Petition V-76 (September)
Petition V-68 (August)
Scott & Gabriella Page, 678-644-0019, request to reduce the front setback from 35’ to 30’. The front stoop currently is already over the front setback.
Property is located at 2621 Murdock Rd., Marietta, GA 30062.
Petition V-66 (August)
Total Imaging Inc., represented by Pulkit Patel, 770-536-7906, request to 1) Reduce the minor side setback from the required 10 feet to five (5') feet adjacent to the western property line (existing); 2) increase the maximum allowable impervious surface from 70% to 95% (existing); 3) reduce the required 200 feet of public road frontage on one road for an electronic sign to 156 feet; and 4) increase the maximum size for an electronic messaging portion of a sign from 32 square feet per allowable sign area to 35.36Â square feet.
Property is located on the northwest corner of Barnes Mill Road and Roswell Road, south of Lecroy Drive (2243 Roswell Road).
Petition V-52 (June)
Altair Sign & Light, represented by Felicia Johnson, 678/539-0443, requests to 1) reduce the minimum number of parking spaces from the required 20 spaces to 12 spaces (existing); 2) reduce the required setback for a freestanding sign from the center line of an arterial road right-of-way from the required 62 feet to 40 feet; and 3) reduce the sign setback off the right of way from 1 foot to 0 feet for a free standing sign.
Located on the south side of Lower Roswell Road, east of Shawnee Lane (2090 Lower Roswell Road).
Petition V-46 ( May)
Bryan and Leah Brown, 218/329-6431, requests to: 1) Reduce the side setbacks for Lot 11 from the required 10 feet to seven feet adjacent to the southeast property line and to nine feet adjacent to the northwest property line (existing); and 2) reduce the front setback for Lot 12 from the required 35 feet to 30 feet for proposed new home construction; and 3) reduce the setback for a wood deck on Lot 11 from five feet to one foot (existing).
Property located on the east side of Butler Gate, south of Chestnut Lake Drive (742 and 744 Butler Gate).
V-37 (April)
V-35 (April)
Petition V-23 (February)
Megan Gaston and Stephen Matthews, 617-838-1208, requests allow an accessory structure (proposed pool and associated pavers) to the side of the principal building.
Located on the south side of Gaskin Walk, east of Upper Brandon Place (4938 Gaskin Walk).
Petition V-22 (February)
Petition V-19 (February)
Amy Bowen, 770/649-1814, requests to reduce the front setback from the required 35 feet to 33 feet for a front porch.
Located on the east side of Hatton Walk, east of Lexham Drive (1306 Hatton Walk).
Petition V-9 (January)
Alberty Donnon, 678/520-1680, requests to reduce the rear setback from the required 35 feet to 10 feet for a garage.
Located on the southeastern terminus of Fairfield Court, east of Fairfield Drive (1030 Fairfield Court).
Petition V-5 (January)
David Parks, 770/560-6391, requests to 1) Reduce the front setback from the required 45 feet to 35 feet; 2) reduce the side setback from the required 12 feet to 10 feet adjacent to the south property line; and 3) reduce the rear setback from the required 40 feet to 19 feet (existing) for a garage.
Located on the southwest corner of Lamppost Circle and Lamplighter Lane, south of Huntsman Way (3707 Lamppost Circle).