The Board of Adjustments approved six property variance requests by 6-0 and denied a request to create a landlocked parcel with 0 feet of road frontage by 4-2, citing concerns about emergency vehicle access.
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The approvals allow narrower lots, reduced setbacks, an accessory structure closer to the right-of-way, and other departures from zoning requirements at properties in Rome and the surrounding documented areas. The denied request would have created a parcel without direct road frontage, and members raised concerns about access for emergency vehicles. One variance approval included a staff condition.
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Approved BOA26-06-01 to reduce required road frontage and lot width from 60 feet to 52 feet for two proposed lots at 0 Stonewall Street; vote 6-0.
Approved BOA26-06-03 to reduce required road frontage and lot width for proposed lots at 116 and 118 East Main Street; dimensions were reduced from 60 feet to 50 feet for lots 3 and 4 and to 56 feet for lot 5; vote 6-0.
Approved BOA26-06-05 to reduce required road frontage and lot width from 150 feet to 110 feet on Tract A and 131 feet on Tract B at 1561 Pleasant Valley Road SE; vote 6-0.
Approved BOA26-06-06 to place an accessory structure closer to the right-of-way than the primary structure at 275 Donahoo Road; vote 6-0.
Approved BOA26-06-09 to reduce frontage, lot-width, and setback requirements for properties at 4 and 6 Webster Street; vote 6-0.
Approved BOA26-06-10 to reduce the front setback from 40 feet to 10 feet at 828 Old Rockmart Road, with a staff condition; vote 6-0.
Denied BOA26-06-11 to create a landlocked parcel with 0 feet of road frontage at 435 Fred Kelly Road; vote 4-2.
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