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THE SANDY SPRINGS BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING TO ORDER ON MARCH 4TH AT 6:00 PM. CAN YOU
[II. Roll Call and General Announcements]
DO THE ROLL CALL AND THE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS. TODAY IS MARCH 4TH, 2026. PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE AS I CALL YOUR NAME. MADAM CHAIR, SHERRY ALLEN, PRESENT. VICE CHAIR JUSTIN SPARANO. PRESENT. BOARD MEMBER JASON BARDWELL HERE. BOARD MEMBER NATHAN GRANTHAM HERE. BOARD MEMBER SUSAN MAJOR. BOARD MEMBER KIM GAY HERE. YOUR ATTENDANCE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES. NOW I WILL READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE DECORUM AND THE PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS. THE BOARD OF APPEALS DUTY IS TO REVIEW AND DECIDE ON APPEALS OF THE DIRECTOR'S ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OR INTERPRETATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. APPEALS REGARDING APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF A PRELIMINARY OR FINAL PLAT, WITHOUT ANY DEDICATION AND VARIANCES FROM THE STANDARD OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE PETITION WILL BE HEARD IN THE SEQUENCE LISTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE PART OF THIS PART OF THE MEETING. THE APPLICANT AND ALL THOSE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF TEN MINUTES TO PRESENT ITS PETITION. THE APPLICANT MAY CHOOSE TO SAVE SOME OF THE OF THE REBUTTAL FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE OPPOSITION, THE OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF TEN MINUTES TO PRESENT ITS POSITION.SINCE THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS UPON THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKE CLOSING REMARKS PROVIDED TIME REMAINS FROM THE ORIGINAL ALLOTTED TIME. STAFF WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE TIME FOR BOTH SIDES. THOSE CALLED TO SPEAK WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS WERE RECEIVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING CLERK PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS WILL IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY NAME, ADDRESS AND, IF APPLICABLE, ORGANIZATION BEFORE BEGINNING THEIR PRESENTATION. DEMONSTRATION OF ANY SORT WITHIN THE CHAMBER IS PROHIBITED. SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY APPLAUSE. CHEERING, BOOING, OUTBURSTS OR DIALOG. WHEN THE PERSON IS SPEAKING, PLEASE SHOW THE SAME RESPECT TO THE PERSON SPEAKING THAT YOU WILL EXPECT TO RECEIVE. THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT SUBMIT MATERIALS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS DURING THE MEETING. ALL MATERIALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT LEAST 21 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED MEETING, FOR INCLUSION IN THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OF PACKAGING TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. CHAIR.
[III. Approval of Meeting Agenda]
THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MEETING AGENDA? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I. CHAIR VOTES. AYE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. THE[IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes]
MEETING AGENDA IS APPROVED. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MEETING? MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026, I MOVED. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. CHAIR VOTES AYE. IT'S[V. Cases]
UNANIMOUS. THE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THIS IS A CASE THAT WE DEFERRED AT OUR FEBRUARY MEETING. SO THAT WE COULD THE. WE HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE ARE REHEARING PORTIONS OF IT. SIR, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU AS THE APPLICANT TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION FIRST. THEN THE DEPARTMENT CAN RESPOND AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TIME FOR REBUTTAL. OKAY. SO IF YOU'D COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME IS BRUCE BOWEN. I LIVED AT EIGHT SEVEN. I LIVE AT 870 EDGEWATER DRIVE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS IN SANDY SPRINGS. MY WIFE, UNFORTUNATELY, COULD NOT BE HERE. SHE WAS WITH ME THE LAST TIME, BUT SHE HAS TO BE OUT OF TOWN WITH THE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN. SO SHE COULDN'T JOIN US. COULD YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE? I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YES.SORRY. SO I JUST. I PREPARED A FEW SLIDES. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU BEFORE, BUT JUST A QUICK RECAP OF WHERE WE WERE FROM LAST TIME. MY WIFE AND I ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF SANDY SPRINGS. WE'D LIKE TO BUILD A NEW HOME, FAMILY ORIENTED, MODERN HOUSE MASTER ON THE MAIN, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WILL HELP US BETTER MEET OUR NEEDS AS WE AGE.
WE'RE REQUESTING A 20 FOOT ENCROACHMENT INTO THE FRONT SETBACK, AND THE STAFF REPORT AND THE STAFF REPORT. THE STAFF DID NOTE THAT THIS IS A MINOR DEVIATION FROM THE CODE, AND THE PROPOSED HOUSE MAINTAINS THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING HOMES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. IF WE PROGRESS TO THE NEXT SLIDE THREE. ACTUALLY, THERE WERE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE HAD REQUESTED SOME FOLLOW UP ON, SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AS WE GO. SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON TO SLIDE FOUR, LOT BUILDABILITY. IN THE STAFF
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REPORT, THE STAFF HAD ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE GREEN WAS FUNDAMENTALLY UNBUILDABLE BECAUSE OF THE CULVERT EASEMENT THAT RUNS TO THE YARD. I'D CONTEND THAT THE GREEN IS UNBUILDABLE DUE TO STEEPNESS. THE STAFF REPORTED THAT THE SLOPE OF THE LOT WAS 21 DEGREES.UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MAY BE TRUE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE LOT, BUT FOR THE BACK HALF OF THE LOT IT IS MUCH, MUCH STEEPER. YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S KIND OF SMALL AND FINE PRINT, BUT MY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CALCULATED THE THE SLOPE OF VARIOUS POINTS OF THE LOT BACK INTO THE DEPTH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE POINT IS 31 DEGREES AND ANOTHER POINT IS 46 DEGREES. MY CONTENTION IS THAT REPRESENTS 46% OF THE LOT, AND IT IS EITHER UNBUILDABLE BY CODE OR UNBUILDABLE BY VERY BY BEING INCREDIBLY STEEP. IF THERE'S THOUGHTS OR WELL, I'LL KEEP TALKING BECAUSE THEN WE'LL AFTER AFTER YOU FINISH THEN STAFF WILL TALK, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE FOR REBUTTAL. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO HAVING THE DISCUSSION. SO THE NEXT TOPIC. SO THAT'S A LOT OF BUILDABILITY.
WE ALSO WANT TO CHAT ABOUT OTHER ENCROACHING HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE'LL GO TO SLIDE FIVE. SO THE CURRENT HOUSE IS STARRED UNDER THE FAR RIGHT. IT'S 870. THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S WHERE THE NEW HOME THAT'S BEING THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
THERE IS AN ENCROACHING HOUSE 0.2 MILES DOWNHILL FROM ME INDICATED. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE LINE IF YOU GO TO THE SANDY SPRINGS COMMUNITY GIS WEBSITE. IT'S QUITE EASY TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE OF THE HOMES. THAT HOME IS 26FT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, CLEARLY WITH OVER 34FT WITHIN THE SETBACK. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE 11 OTHER ENCROACHING HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, JUST MY HOME IS THE STARRED YELLOW IN THE FAR UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. THE REDS ALL INDICATE HOUSES THAT ARE. WELL IN FRONT OF THE 60 FOOT SETBACK. THE TABLE, THE TABLE TO THE TO THE RIGHT.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE DISTANCES FROM MY HOME. THESE ARE ALL WITHIN A MILE OF MY HOME. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE ZONING IS ALREADY 2027, AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE'S THE ACTUAL SETBACK THAT'S MEASURED. I WAS TRYING TO BE FAIRLY GENEROUS WITH THE SETBACK AND NOT GET SOMETHING THAT WAS 55FT, SO I THINK THE CLOSEST IS 46FT. SO THE REST ARE EVEN HAVE ARE EVEN MORE INTO THE SETBACK. THE ONES ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THE, THE NINE, 69, 70 ALL HAVE HARDSHIPS ON LOT CONFIGURATIONS BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY THEY ARE VERY STEEP IN THE BACKYARD. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT FROM TOPOGRAPHIES. BUT HAVING LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE WALKED BY IT TOO MANY TIMES THAT I CAN COUNT THE ONES DEEPER ON THE LOWER SIDE ARE VERY STEEP. IN THE BACKYARD THEY FALL OFF SO THE ONES BY THE RIVER GO UP, THE ONES IN THE BACK GO DOWN.
MY LOT GOES DOWN. AND I ALSO I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BACK TO THE LOT BUILD ABILITY ON MY LOT. THERE WERE SOME PICTURES ON PAGE NINE OF THE STAFF REPORT. IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SEE THE ACTUAL TOPOGRAPHY, HOW THE LOT FALLS OFF. THE NEXT TOPIC THAT WE WERE HAVING SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WAS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. SO THIS IS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WITHOUT A VARIANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME REFERRING TO THE SUBURBAN AND A HALF THAT I HAVE, THE HOLE THAT I HAVE TO DIG. THAT'S THE SAME VOLUME AS THE SUBURBAN AND A HALF. I STILL HAVE TO DIG THAT. IF I WERE TO PLACE THAT WITHOUT A VARIANCE, IT'S THAT TOP BLACK SQUARE LOCATED RIGHT THERE, KIND OF IN THE NOOK OF THE CULVERT EASEMENT. I JUST I JUST AM NOTING THAT THE, THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT HAS TO ACCOMMODATE 926 CUBIC FEET OF WATER. IF WE PUT IT THERE, THAT'S GOING TO KILL A 33 INCH TREE AND A 20 INCH TREE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONES ON THAT, ON THAT DIAGRAM. BUT THEY THEY ARE THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT TWO ADDITIONAL TREES, LIKE I SAID, A 33 INCH HARDWOOD AND A 20 INCH. WHEN I SAY 33, I MEAN DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT DBH. SO 33 IS A PRETTY MASSIVE TREE. AND THE 22 IS ALSO A FAIRLY LARGE TREE. SO THAT WITHOUT WITHOUT A VARIANCE THAT'S GOING TO COST US EXTRA TREES. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WITH THE VARIANCE. SO WE'VE PULLED THE HOUSE FORWARD 20FT.
THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND ON THIS DIAGRAM. IT'S IT'S TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACK OF THE YARD. IT'S THAT SHADED BLACK AREA. IT'S WITHIN A BASICALLY A
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GARDEN WALL ABOUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GABION STONE WALL. IT CAN PERCOLATE ALL THE WATER FLOW VERY EASILY FROM THAT WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE, THE, THE VALIDITY AND THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE WALL TO SMALL WALL TO BEGIN WITH. SO IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY. I CAN PLACE IT THERE AND I DON'T LOSE ANY ADDITIONAL TREES. THERE'S NO IMPACT TO TREE COVERAGE VERSUS LOSING THE TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIMEN TREES THAT ARE THAT WOULD, WITH THE EXISTING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WITH THE EXISTING VARIANCE. AND WELL NEXT THE NEXT TOPIC WAS KIND OF A COMBINATION OF A THIRD CAR GARAGE AND A I GUESS WHAT WAS REFERRED TO AS A GOLF CART GARAGE. JUST A REFLECTION ON THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE ARCHITECT. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PLEASE. SLIDE NINE. YOU KNOW, DESIGN CONSIDERATION WAS A MODERN HOUSE. THE DESIGN CONSIDERATION WAS A MASTER ON THE MAIN. WE WE WANTED TO DESIGN A HOUSE THAT WAS GOOD NOT ONLY FOR OUR FAMILY BUT FUTURE FAMILIES.IT'S A FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANTED A SMALL PLAYABLE BACKYARD, AND WE WANTED A THREE CAR GARAGE BECAUSE EVERY NEW HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A THREE CAR GARAGE. THERE'S A THREE CAR GARAGE ON 620 MOUNTAIN BROOK ROAD. THERE'S A ONE ON NINE, 921 HEARDS FERRY. THERE'S 775 WEATHERLY LANE. THERE'S ONE BEING BUILT ON 680 EDGEWATER TRAIL. 720 EDGEWATER TRAIL. THESE ARE ALL THE NEW CONSTRUCTION HOUSES WITH THE THREE CAR GARAGE. IF YOU STUDY THAT MAIN LEVEL DIAGRAM, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS A THREE CAR GARAGE. YOU SEE A TWO CAR GARAGE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE COULD FIT, GIVEN THE MASTER ON THE MAIN AND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE WERE WORKING INTO. AS WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THE LOOKED AT THE THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE 3D RENDERINGS, WE DID. IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE REALIZED THAT WE COULD TUCK A GARAGE UNDERNEATH THE BACK DECK.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE TUCKED A GARAGE UNDERNEATH THE BACK DECK THAT GAVE US THE THREE CAR GARAGE STILL REMAINING WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT. SO LET'S GO ONE MORE SLIDE REAL QUICKLY. AND I JUST PUT THIS NEXT SLIDE IN THERE FOR CONTINUITY. THIS IS THE SAME.
THIS IS WITHOUT THE VARIANCE. THIS IS THE BACK OF THE YARD WITH THE 3D RENDERING.
EVERYTHING BELOW THE BLUE LINE IS FILLER VOID. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH EFFORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. WORKING WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BASEMENT LEVEL PLEASE. NUMBER SLIDE NUMBER 12. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ENDED UP ARCHITECTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER 12. IT'S AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT WE'VE STUBBED IN. WE'VE DRAWN IN SOME STUBBING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE THIRD CAR GARAGE WITH THE WITH THE, EXCUSE ME, THE SCREENED IN PORCH ON TOP. THERE WAS EXTRA SPACE. WE'VE DECIDED TO CALL THAT A STORAGE AREA RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE A GARAGE AND ADDITIONAL STORAGE AREA UNDERNEATH THE UNDERNEATH THE SCREENED IN PORCH. AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE TOPICS THAT WE HAD TO DISCUSS. JUST SO WE'LL GO TO THE FINAL SLIDE. SLIDE 13. SO IF WE SUMMARIZE AGAIN, THE STAFF DID NOTE THAT THIS IS A MINOR DEVIATION. AND WE MAINTAIN THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR LOT HAS SEVERE HARDSHIPS BECAUSE OF THE CULVERT AND THE STEEPNESS. OTHER HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SIMILAR HARDSHIPS HAVE ENCROACHED. THIS WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME THE VARIANCE ACTUALLY SAVES A 33 INCH TREE AND A 20 INCH HARDWOOD. CONSIDERING THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT COMPONENT, AND WE'RE REQUESTING A 20 FOOT VARIANCE OR 20 FOOT ENCROACHMENT TO BUILD THE HOUSE. THANK YOU SIR, THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL TURN TO STAFF AT THIS TIME. SO. YES. GOOD EVENING. SO WE'RE PULLING THIS UP. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS SHOWN AT THE LAST MEETING.
JUST THE. WELL, THERE MAY BE MEMBERS WHO DO. WOULD YOU JUST. YEAH. LET ME KNOW. YES. OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO GO FROM WHAT WAS SHOWN AT THE LAST MEETING? SURE. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LONG. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S FINE. I'LL RUN THROUGH IT QUICKLY. YEAH. SO THIS IS V 2553, 870 EDGEWATER DRIVE. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. IT'S A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 612B TO ENCROACH INTO THE 60 FOOT PRIMARY STREET. SETBACK BY 20FT TO BUILD THIS NEW HOME. NEXT SLIDE. THE CHARACTER AREA IS PROTECTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS ZONED R 27. AS WE MENTIONED. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE AERIAL VIEW. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE
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ARE LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY. THE PARCEL SLOPES DOWNWARD FROM THE STREET TO THE REAR, AND IT MEASURES 70% SLOPE, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE STEEP. ON SLIDE SEVEN, HERE'S THE EXISTING SURVEY. JUST WAIT FOR US TO. YEAH, THE EXISTING SURVEY WITH THE EXISTING HOME SITUATED WITHIN THE BUILDABLE AREA WITH NO ENCROACHMENT INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK OR ANY OTHER SETBACK. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT EXISTS ON THE POINT EIGHT ACRE PROPERTY TODAY IS A TWO STORY HOME WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1968 AND ACCORDING TO FULTON COUNTY RECORDS, THE CURRENT OWNERS ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1994. A CULVERT, EASEMENT AND SWALE RUNS ALONG THE EAST SIDE AND NEAR THE NORTH EAST SIDE AND REAR IN THE NORTH, MAKING 6801FTā !S OF THE PROPERTY. UNBUILDABLE. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, THIS SHOWS THE FRONT OF THE HOME TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT SHOWS IMAGES OF THE REAR YARD. NEXT SLIDE. HERE IS THEIR PROPOSED SITE PLAN, SHOWING A NEW HOME THAT ENCROACHES INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK BY 20FT. NEXT SLIDE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEMOLISH THE CURRENT HOME AND BUILD A NEW HOME THAT ENCOURAGES INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK BY 20FT. THE HOME WILL HAVE A MAIN LEVEL, A SECOND LEVEL AND A TERRACE LEVEL ON THE SITE. PLAN TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THE EASEMENT IN WITH THE YELLOW LINE AND THE BLUE LINE IS THE SWALE. THE RED OR PINK AREA ON THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE BUILDABLE AREA, AND THE GREEN AREA INDICATES THE PORTIONS OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL ENCROACH INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK. NEXT SLIDE. THE APPLICANT, AS REQUIRED, PROVIDED AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN OF A HOME THAT FITS WITHIN THE BUILDABLE AREA AND MEETS ALL OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS. STAFF CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING THE FOLLOWING IN RECOMMENDING DENIAL FOR THIS CASE, THE PROPERTY'S PHYSICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT UNIQUE. FOR SANDY SPRINGS, THE LOT IS RECTANGULAR AND LARGER THAN THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR ITS ZONING. THE TOPOGRAPHY IS CONSIDERED STEEP, BUT NOT UNUSUALLY STEEP. THE PARCEL IS RELATIVELY LESS STEEP THAN SEVERAL OF THE OTHER PARCELS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS AND EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT A DECENT SIZED, LIVABLE HOME IS DEVELOPED ON THE SITE AND ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALSO A DECENT SIZED LIVABLE NEW HOME WITH AN ALTERNATE DESIGN CAN BE BUILT ON THIS SITE. ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE REQUEST IS THEREFORE DISTINGUISHED AS A MERE INCONVENIENCE. IF THE STRICT LETTER OF THE REGULATIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT. NEXT SLIDE. THE VARIANCE IS NOT NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARCEL. AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CAN BE DEVELOPED ON THIS LOT. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF VARIANCE V 2553 A REQUEST FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION 6.1.2. B TO ENCROACH INTO THE 60 FOOT PRIMARY STREET SETBACK BY 20FT FOR A NEW HOME.HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITION AND THAT IS TO CONSTRUCT THE HOME SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED PER THE LAST MEETING. SO BASED ON THE BOARD'S QUESTIONS FROM FEBRUARY 4TH, THE GREEN LINES ON THIS AERIAL IMAGE INDICATES THE EXISTING FRONT PLANES OF THE HOMES AT 60 AT THE 60 FOOT PRIMARY STREET SETBACK ALONG EDGEWATER DRIVE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 870, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE WITH THE ARROW. AND THEY'RE ALL SIMILARLY PLACED ALONG EDGEWATER DRIVE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE YELLOW LINE I INCLUDED INDICATES THE 20 FOOT ENCROACHMENT. SO THE GREEN LINES AGAIN ARE THE HOMES THAT SIT AT THE 60 FOOT PRIMARY STREET SETBACK. AND THEN THAT YELLOW LINE WOULD SHOW THE ENCROACHMENT. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. YES, I JUST SHOWED AN UP CLOSE OF THAT ENCROACHMENT AS IT WOULD COMPARE TO THE NEIGHBORS ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT. OKAY, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SHOWS THE ROW OF HOMES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE NEXT TO 870, AS WELL AS THOSE
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PROPERTIES THAT THE APPLICANT MENTIONED AT THE FEBRUARY 4TH MEETING, THE NINE, 69, 79, 89, 90 EDGEWATER DRIVE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT SHOW YELLOW LINES. THEY DO ENCROACH INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP THERE. NEXT SLIDE.THIS SHOWS THE EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY OF NINE 9980 AND 970 EDGEWATER DRIVE. THESE HOMES FACE THE RIVER AND THE TOPOGRAPHY AT THE BACKS OF THE HOMES ASCEND APPROXIMATELY 100FT, MEASURING UPWARDS OF 45% SLOPE FROM THE STREET TO THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY, COMPARED TO THE 20% THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS ON THEIR SITE. THE POSITION OF THE HOMES AT THESE LOCATIONS WILL PLACE TO AVOID THE ENORMOUS ROCK FACE IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THESE EXAMPLES ARE NOT SIMILAR TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SHOWS THE SUBJECT SITE WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY AND IT SHOWS THE PROPERTY SLOPES DOWNWARD AND IT MEASURES 20% SLOPE DOWNWARDS FROM THE STREET TO THE REAR. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.
SO THIS ONE SHOWS THE BOTH THE HOMES THAT FRONT THE RIVER AS WELL AS THOSE ALONG NEXT TO 870.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS BOTH AT THE SAME EXTENT. SO YOU CAN COMPARE THESE CONTOUR LINES. HOWEVER AT ARE AT TEN FEET IN CONTOUR LINES. AND THE CLOSER THE CONTOUR LINES ARE TO EACH OTHER THE STEEPER THE SLOPE. SO YOU CAN JUST EYEBALL THE TOPOGRAPHY THAT THE NINE 9980 EDGEWATER DRIVE ARE EXPERIENCES COMPARED TO WHAT 870 IS. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT MORE SPACE BETWEEN CONTOUR LINES. SO THIS SLOPE IS DIFFERENT. OKAY. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AT THE FEBRUARY 4TH MEETING, THE APPLICANT MENTIONED A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VARIANCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 50 MOUNTAIN CREEK. TRACE HERE IS THE LOCATION OF 50 MOUNTAIN CREEK TRACE IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY. IT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, THE BOTTOM LEFT. AND OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AT THE TOP. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE CONTOUR LINES OF 50 MOUNTAIN CREEK TRACE. THIS PARCEL WAS GRANTED AN ENCROACHMENT OF 25FT INTO THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK. BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2025. THE PARCEL HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED, SO THEY WERE THERE WAS NO HOME ON SITE. AND AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND AT THE TIME OF THAT THE LOT WAS ESTABLISHED. STREAM BUFFERS WERE NOT IN PLACE. THE APPLICANT MENTIONED OTHER ADDRESSES THAT WERE DEVELOPED CLOSER TO THE STREET. I SHOWED THOSE WITH THE YELLOW LINES THAT THOSE HOMES WERE CLOSER TO THE STREET. BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE SITUATION HAD TO DO WITH A STREAM BUFFER. THIS PARCEL WAS APPROVED BASED ON THE STREAM BUFFER PROTECTION. STREAM BUFFER PROTECTION IS FAVORED OVER BUILDING SETBACK ENCROACHMENTS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE DEVELOPMENT INTO STREAM BUFFERS. THE SUBJECT PARCEL DOES NOT HAVE STREAM BUFFER ENCROACHMENTS. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY REBUTTAL TIME LEFT FOR THE APPLICANT? WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE REBUTTAL TIME? OKAY, SO WE CAN VOTE AS A BOARD TO ALLOW LIKE FIVE MINUTES OF REBUTTAL TIME. IF WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION ALLOW FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CHAIR VOTES? AYE, SIR. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS, I THINK, FOR REBUTTAL. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FIVE MINUTES. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE EXTRA TIME. SO A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS. I WILL NOTE THAT THE YELLOW LINES THAT SHE DREW ON THE OTHER HOUSES THAT ARE ENCROACHING DON'T HAVE A CONSISTENT FRONT LINE. THEY VARY BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY, SO HAVING VARYING FRONT LINES IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE HOUSES LINED UP IN ACUTE ROW. I KNOW IT'S LIKE THAT, BUT BUT THE OTHER ONES ARE. YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT RIGHT HERE THAT'S GOING ON. THE OTHER PIECE IS I WOULD CONTEND THAT MY LOT DOESN'T SLOPE 21 DEGREES, AS STAFF REPORTED. IT DOES FROM THE VERY FRONT TO THE VERY BACK. BUT AS I HAVE NOTED AND HAD MY ARCHITECT DESIGN, I HAVE A 46 DEGREE SLOPE IN THE BACK. WHY IS MY SLOPE NOT CONSIDERED WHEN OTHER SLOPES ARE CONSIDERED? I HAVE A 46 DEGREE. I HAVE A CULVERT BACK THERE. I HAVE HARDSHIPS IN MY LOT THAT THE
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OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HARDSHIPS ALSO. THEY HAPPEN TO DROP OFF. THEY HAVE A STREAM BUFFER. THE OTHER ONES HAVE A CLIFF BEHIND THEM THAT GOES UP. MINE DROPS 45%. SO WE ALL HAVE HARDSHIPS ON THE LOT. I'M TRYING TO BUILD A NICE HOUSE THAT WILL IMPROVE THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT MY WIFE AND I CAN LIVE IN, AND I THINK WE NEED THE VARIANCE TO TO TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REBUTTAL. IT DOES. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. SO NOW WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION AND WE'LL TURN TO DELIBERATION BY THE BOARD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IN SANDY SPRINGS, AND WITH DEVELOPING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE CITY HAS ALLOWED RESIDENTS TO COME AND PUT THEIR INPUT IN AS TO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AND THE DEVELOPMENT CODE SPECIFICALLY SAYS WITH REGARD TO VARIANCES, IT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE. IT'S NOT THAT WE WILL ONLY GIVE A VARIANCE IF IT DOESN'T MEET PARTICULAR CRITERIA THAT'S SET FORTH IN THE CODE. SO IT MAY NOT WE MAY BE SYMPATHETIC WITH A PARTICULAR APPLICANT, BUT WE ARE STILL GOVERNED BY FOLLOWING WHAT THE LAW IS HERE IN SANDY SPRINGS. AND THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IS HOW THIS BOARD DETERMINES WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO. AND ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR A PARTICULAR LOT. OR IT HAS TO CAUSE AN EXTRAORDINARY HARDSHIP, NOT JUST MERELY AN INCONVENIENCE. SO I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST DO THIS, BUT WE ARE GOVERNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT CODE. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR YEAH, I'VE LEFT OUT, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. DEBORAH STEWART DID WANT TO REITERATE HER COMMENTS FROM LAST TIME. THE PERSON WHO AND WAS SHE SOMEONE IN FAVOR IN OPPOSITION? SHE SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN OPPOSITION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ME ASK IF THERE WAS OPPOSITION IN THE AUDIENCE. WELL, WE HAD DONE THAT THE LAST TIME, BUT IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TODAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN FAVOR? OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE STORMWATER ISSUE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR MICHELLE OR THE APPLICANT. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN? I'M STILL CONFUSED OF WHAT THE WHAT THE CULVERT IS EXISTING AND WHAT THAT DOES VERSUS WHAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THE THE BIG BLACK BOX. IF YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE HOUSE BACK OR THE SMALL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UP FRONT, CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THAT? I'M STILL CONFUSED OF WHAT THE EXISTING STORMWATER SYSTEM IS, AND WHAT THE PROPOSED STORMWATER SYSTEM WOULD BE. YEAH, SO I'M NOT THE EXPERT, BUT THE CULVERT AND SWALE FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED TO CAPTURE STORMWATER FROM THE HOUSE. THE ROOF, WHICH IS THE TANK THAT HE'S REFERENCING. SO ALL NEW BILLS THAT YOU DO TODAY, YOU HAVE TO CAPTURE YOUR STORMWATER FROM THE HOUSE, AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A TANK TO HOLD THAT WATER, THAT PREEXISTING SWALE, AND SO ON.
THAT FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY. IT FUNCTIONS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME THE EXISTING CULVERT COLLECT STORMWATER FROM MULTIPLE PROPERTIES. OKAY. SO THE TANK THAT YOU HAD, EITHER THE BLACK BOX OR THE SMALLER BOX CLOSE TO THE HOUSE IS JUST STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR PROPERTY. THEY'RE ACTUALLY BOTH THE SAME SIZE. WHAT ARE THE VARIANCES, WHICH IS WHERE THE WHERE THAT TANK HAS TO BE PLACED. OKAY OKAY. BUT AGAIN THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR PROPERTY. IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FROM OTHER PROPERTIES SURROUNDING. YES AND NO. THE PORTION OF IT IS IT DOES. HE NEEDS A MIC. YEAH. SO SO YOU'RE SO YOU'RE CAPTURED WELL OKAY. YES AND NO. IT DOES PERCOLATE INTO THE SWALE AND SO AND IT DOES. AND SO THAT SWALE WILL ULTIMATELY JUST THE TOPOGRAPHY OF IT SORT OF PUSHES IT DOWN THERE. SO THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE TO HOLD MORE WATER. SO IT WILL BE CAPTURED THERE FROM YOUR PROPERTY AND SLOWLY LEACHED BACK TO THE SWALE OVER TIME. CORRECT. OKAY, OKAY. GOT IT. AND SO I HAVE TO LIKE I SAID, THERE'S 900 CUBIC FEET OF SPACE THERE TO CAPTURE WATER.
OKAY. AND IT'S THE SAME SIZE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY OR UP FRONT. IT'S JUST THE LOCATION. YES. WITH THE VARIANCE, I CAN PUT IT I CAN NESTLE IT IN THE FRONT CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE SMALL RETAINING WALLS. WITHOUT THE VARIANCE, I HAVE TO PUT IT OUTSIDE THE RETAINING WALLS, WHICH THAT'S WHERE THE HYDROLOGIST DREW IT. GOT IT.
OKAY. OKAY, SIR, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, JUST SPEAK TO THAT. WITH REGARD TO THE ALTERNATE DESIGN THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A VARIANCE. WHERE WOULD THAT BE? I BELIEVE THAT WAS SLIDE SEVEN
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OR SLIDE EIGHT. IT WOULD BE IN THE NOOK OF OUTSIDE IN THERE. IT IS RIGHT THERE.IT'S THE BLACK BOX IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THAT DIAGRAM. AND IT'S KIND OF IT'S RIGHT ON BEFORE THE SWALE. AND IT ALSO THAT'S WHERE YOU LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY DIM IN THE PICTURES, BUT THERE'S A 20 INCH HARDWOOD AND A 33 INCH HARDWOOD. AND THAT LARGE TRENCH WOULD DRAMATIC WOULD, WOULD DESTROY THOSE, THE ROOT ZONES OF THOSE TREES. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT WITH REGARD TO THAT? DO I HAVE ANY WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF EXPERT REPORT WITH REGARD TO THAT? THAT YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU TODAY? I, I DID NOT I MEAN YOU'VE GOT THE I'VE THAT'S FROM THE HYDROLOGIST, THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT DREW IT. SHE PLACED IT THERE AND THE TREES FROM THE SURVEY THAT I SUBMITTED WITH MY PLAN ARE ALL IDENTIFIED ON THE SURVEY AND THE ROOT ZONES. THERE IN THE APPLICATION, THE ROOT ZONES ARE DEFINED AS A CIRCLE AROUND THOSE TREES. AND IF YOU GET INTO THE ROOT ZONE, YOU HAVE KILLED THE TREE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. OKAY.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY FOR 1989 70. CAN YOU DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT? WHY? IT'S CONSIDERED EXTREME VERSUS 870 IS NOT CONSIDERED EXTREME WHEN THERE'S STILL VARYING LEVELS OF DEGREES. IS IT BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT STEEPNESS? YEAH, YEAH.
UNBUILDABLE THE CHANGE IN ELEVATION IS MUCH MORE FOR THE, THE ONE, THE PARCELS CLOSER TO THE RIVER FROM THE FROM THE STREET TO THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S OVER 100FT DIFFERENCE VERSUS YOU KNOW WHAT? THE APPLICANT DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH. I FORGET WHAT IT IS. IT'S ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. BUT THE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CONTOUR LINES, AND THIS IS ONE THING HE DISTINGUISHED IN HIS OWN WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE HAS A 40 DEGREE. IF YOU START AT THE POINT OF WHERE IT STARTS TO GET REALLY STEEP, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU SHORTEN THE LENGTH OF SPACE, THEN IT'LL THE NUMBERS WILL COME OUT TO BE STEEPER BECAUSE YOU'VE SHORTENED THE DISTANCE THAT THE ELEVATION IS HAPPENING. SO IF I WERE TO DO THE SAME AND START AT THE BACK OF THOSE HOMES AND JUST TAKE WHERE IT JUST GOES STRAIGHT UP, THEN IT WOULD BE LIKE BEYOND 50 OR 60%. SO IT'S IT'S JUST THE WAY YOU CALCULATE IT. BUT THANK YOU. JUST BY LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE CALCULATIONS, YOU CAN TELL BASED ON HOW CLOSE THE CONTOUR LINES ARE TO HOW STEEP THE THE ELEVATIONS ARE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR COMMENTS? I, I HAD A COMMENT. PER THE REPORT OF THE SANDY SPRINGS BUILDING OFFICIAL.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH. HE MENTIONS THAT ALL THE HOUSES ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET ALIGN WITH THE FRONT OF THE CURRENT HOME AT 870. OR THEY'RE THEY'RE SET EVEN FARTHER BACK. AND HE SAID THAT THE THE APPLICANT COULD ELIMINATE THE GOLF CART PARKING GARAGE AND REDUCE THE ENCROACHMENT INTO THE FRONT YARD BY AS MUCH AS TEN FEET.
THE THE THE FIRST FINDING OF THE STAFF IS JUST A REMINDER THAT THE OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE AND I SAT ON THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS. WE REALLY WE IT IT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WENT INTO IT. OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE DOES NOT PERMIT NEW BUILDS TO BE NON-CONFORMING. ALL BUILDINGS MUST BE BEHIND THE REQUIRED SETBACKS AND THAT'S TO PROTECT OUR HOMES FROM OUR FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, FROM DOING EXACTLY THIS, THIS TYPE OF THING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LINES ARE LESS STEEP ON 870 THAN THE YELLOW LINES. THE THE HOUSES UP THE STREET. AND THAT THE STREAM BUFFER IS NOT BEING ENCROACHED UPON. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WHEN THE FOR MOUNTAIN BROOK WASN'T THE PERSON GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO CROSS THE STREAM THEN TO GET A BUILDABLE UP. RIGHT. SO YEAH, IF AND IF
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WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT ONE. SORRY, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE LAST SLIDE. IS THAT THE LAST ONE. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. YEAH I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT. OKAY. GOOD. THE.YEAH. AT 50 MOUNTAIN CREEK THEY WERE ONLY AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WAS BUILDABLE. HOWEVER PARTS OF THAT WAS IN THE PRIMARY STREET SETBACK. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREAM TO GET A STREAM CROSSING A BRIDGE OF SOME SORT TO CROSS, TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEN USE THAT BACK PORTION TO BUILD A HOUSE. AND SO THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, A PRIMARY STREET SETBACK, ENCROACHMENT WOULD BE FAVORED AS OPPOSED TO GOING AND DOING THE STREAM BUFFER CROSSING TO BE ABLE TO TO MAKE THIS HOUSE, TO MAKE THIS LOT BUILDABLE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WASN'T BUILDABLE. OKAY. AND THERE WAS NO HOUSE ON THERE. NO HOUSE. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO TO ADD THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE RIVER THAT WE MENTIONED, 990 EDGEWATER AND SO ON. THOSE WERE BUILT BACK IN 1960S. SO IT WAS BEFORE OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THOSE SETBACKS. SO AND ACCORDING TO MISS MAJOR, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS SET FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS? JUST A FOLLOW UP BOARD MEMBER. SUSAN, WHAT HAPPENED? IF YOU ELIMINATE THE GOLF CART PARKING? WOULD THAT AFFECT THE DESIGN? YES. IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER NINE, THE DESIGN CONSIDERATION, THE GOLF CART CROSSING IS UNDERNEATH THE SCREENED IN PORCH. AND WE DESIGN THE SCREENED IN PORCH.
IT INCLUDES PORCH OF THE BREAKFAST NOOK THAT WE CREATED TO CREATE A NICER FAMILY ROOM.
AND IT ALSO WE WANTED TO HAVE IT TO BE A LARGE, WELCOMING SPACE. AND SO IF I TAKE AWAY THE STORAGE SHED FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GOLF CART GARAGE, I LOSE TEN FEET OF OF DEPTH ON THE ON THE SCREENED IN PORCH, WHICH MAKES IT NOT AS WELCOMING AS WE HAD HOPED TO GET. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING FURTHER FOR THE APPLICANT WHILE HE'S STANDING THERE SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WALK? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? IF THERE'S NOT A MOTION, PLEASE. I MOVE TO SUPPORT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF VARIANCE. V 25 DASH 53. DASH B 2553. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I I I I. ANY OPPOSED ONE OPPOSED THE REST I THE MOTION PASSES. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IS UPHELD. THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANY ONGOING BUSINESS. YES. LET'S SEE. IS IT ONGOING
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OR NEW? I'M NOT SURE. WELL, IS NEW BUSINESS FOR THE RETREAT? YES, BUT I ALSO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. OKAY. YESTERDAY AT MARION CITY COUNCIL. THE MAYOR APPOINTED GEOFFREY HOWE TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS AS FRED JEWELL'S TERM EXPIRED. AND SO, GEOFFREY HOWE, EXCUSE ME, WILL JOIN US IN APRIL. IN APRIL? YEAH, WE'LL, MR. HOWE BE AT THE RETREAT. MAYBE WE CAN MEET HIM THERE. WE SHOULD HAVE HIM SWORN IN AND EVERYTHING. SO HE SHOULD BE AT OUR RETREAT. I HADN'T REACHED OUT TO HIM JUST YET BECAUSE HE JUST GOT APPOINTED. IT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY.YEAH, IT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY. SO ONCE HE GETS SETTLED AND SWORN IN, I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF HE'S ABLE TO COME TO THE RETREAT TO MEET YOU GUYS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RETREAT, YOU CAN ANNOUNCE FOR THE PUBLIC THE DATE OF THE RETREAT. YES. MARCH 20TH, AND WE'LL START AT NINE, AND WE'LL GO ON. WE'LL HAVE BREAKFAST, THEN WE'LL HAVE LUNCH AT NOON. THE MAYOR IS CONFIRMED TO SPEAK AT 1 P.M. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN AFTER WE HAVE ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED.
YES, AT SANDY SPRING CITY HALL ON THE THIRD FLOOR. TERRACE ROOM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HERE. IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? IF THERE'S NOTHING. 9 TO 3, FOUR, 9 TO 3, THREE, THREE ISH. I
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THOUGHT YOU SAID 1:00. ONE IS ONE AFTER THE MAYOR SPEAKS? YEAH, THE MAYOR SPEAKS AT ONE.IS THERE ANYONE SCHEDULED AFTER ONE? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FIVE. IT'S GOING TO FIVE. HE CAN TALK. OKAY. THAT WASN'T RECORDED. CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? MOTION SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. CHAIR VOTES I IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. CHAIR. WHO SAID FIRST? WAS IT JASON OR JUSTIN?
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