Zoning Board of Appeals
Thursday July 2nd at 6:00 pm
Dunwoody City Hall, 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, 30338
The Dunwoody City Council puts zoning law into place and the Zoning Board of Appeals hears and decides cases requesting variances to the zoning ordinance, sign ordinance, and the land development regulations ordinance. Thursday looks to be a full agenda with new houses being shoe horned into lots that encroach on either neighbors, maximum heights or the stream buffers. Should be interesting to see how these are handled as the staff is recommending Approval. The numerous requests for variances on Nerine Circle are silent of any opposition but the house on Brierwood Place located in the Briers North Subdivision off Tilly Mill has numerous letters of opposition and as it is a stream encroachment case they have provided documentation of flooding in the area.
It will be interesting to see what the Zoning Board does?
If you are interested in these cases or would like to comment on what is being proposed, I suggest you attend the meeting in person and be prepared to speak.
The Zoom link (for viewing purposes only) for this meeting is here:
https://dunwoodyga-gov.zoom.us/j/81130094308
Agenda can be found here and the full packet here.
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26-11: Eyal Livnat, property owner at 1414 Nerine Circle, Dunwoody, GA,
30338, requests a special exception from Chapter 27, Section 147 to
allow a new home to encroach into the contextual street setback range. |
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26-12: Liel Manoah, property owner at 1412 Nerine Circle, Dunwoody, GA,
30338, requests a special exception from Chapter 27, Section 147 to
allow a new home to encroach into the contextual street setback range. |
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26-13: William Brackbill, on behalf of the property owners at 4600
Brierwood Place, Dunwoody, GA, 30360, requests one special exception
from Chapter 27, Section 147 to allow a new home to encroach into the
contextual street setback range and one variance from Chapter 16,
Section 78 to allow a driveway to encroach into the 75-foot stream
buffer. |
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26-14: Jim Milam, property owner at 1348 Nerine Circle, Dunwoody, GA,
30338, requests one special exception from Chapter 27, Section 147: one
to allow a new home to encroach into the contextual street setback range
and two variances: one from Chapter 27, Section 270 to allow a wing
wall to encroach into the side setback and one from Chapter 16, Section
78 to allow encroachment into the 75-foot stream buffer for storm water
management improvements. |
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26-15: Jim Milam, property owner at 1340 Nerine Circle, Dunwoody, GA,
30338, requests two special exceptions from Chapter 27, Section 147: one
to allow a new home to encroach into the contextual street setback
range and one to allow front door threshold elevation above contextual
requirements and one variance from Chapter 27, Section 270 to allow a
wing wall to encroach into the side setback. |
4 comments:
The ZBA meeting is THURSDAY night, 7/2 at 6PM. There's a typo that incorrectly states Tuesday.
I’ve seen this lot, and what occurs in heavy rain storms. It seems untenable that a house could be safely built on the property. Additionally, the stream running through the property serves as an environment for a lot of local natural wildlife, and building on this piece of land would most definitely impact the creatures that live in the area. While I understand the need for housing for people in the community, it doesn’t seem to be a benefit in the grand scheme, in terms of how it impacts the future residents of this property, the people in the neighborhood currently, and the environmental impact.
John, thanks for bringing this to people's attention. It's ridiculous for the builder to think adding a 70 foot slab of concrete, aka driveway and turnaround, to a lot with long known flooding issues and there won't be any negative impact to the drainage and flooding. Long time residents of Briers North need protection from this to protect our properties. Do the right thing ZBA!
Due to the excessive flooding and narrowness of the curb space, it would seem somewhat absurd, dangerous and lacking in common sense forethought to use this lot as if appropriate for building upon. The wooded lot at the nub end of the street has served for many decades as a place for the torrential water flow coming down the hill from a significant portion of the subdivision to go. For that very reason, over 30 years ago that lot was never considered viable for building on but served a very important purpose for water drainage, preventing flooding in the homes surrounding it and a small natural wooded space. I would urge the zoning board Appeals committee on Thursday July 2nd to "not" approve any variances that would allow construction to begin on this site.
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