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File #: PZ 23--011    Version: 1
Type: Variance Status: Passed
File created: 5/24/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/17/2023 Final action: 7/17/2023
Title: Variance Request to UDC Article 1 sections related to lot splits and road frontage requirements, and Table 2-4 related to minimum lot dimensional requirements. The property is located at 4073 Fambrough Drive, within land lot 733 of the 19th District, 2nd Section, Cobb County, Georgia. PIN: 19073300050.
Indexes: SP - Attract and Retain Business
Code sections: Article 1 - General Provisions, Table 2-4 - Dimensional Requirements for Mixed Use and Non-residential Zoning Districts
Attachments: 1. Bldg 300 Variance Request App Redacted, 2. Survey. Proposed lot split Redacted, 3. Executed PZ 2023-011
CASE NUMBER: PZ 23-011
APPLICANT: Greg Richardson, SR & GR Holdings LLC
VARIANCE REQUEST: To vary Article 1 sections related to lot splits and road frontage requirements, and Table 2-4 related to minimum lot dimensional requirements.
LOCATION: 4073 Fambrough Drive.
ZONING: Light Industrial (LI) ACRES: 7.78 ac PIN: 19073300050

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL. Planning and Zoning Recommendation: APPROVAL
BACKGROUND:
The existing property at 4073 Fambrough Drive currently comprises a single lot, with Building 300 serving as one of the structures on the property. The property owner wishes to split the lot and sell Building 300 to Shaw Armament Systems, who is currently leasing the space. This proposed lot split, and sale would require relief from the lot splits and road frontage requirements specified in Article 1, as well as the minimum lot dimensional requirements outlined in Table 2-4.
Additionally, it should be noted that the subject parcel technically does not have road frontage, since Fambrough Drive stops short of encroaching into the floodplain. The Fambrough right-of-way is depicted on the County's GIS database as fronting the region of the parcel in the floodplain, but the road does not actually exist there. The subject parcel is located behind two parcels that currently occupy the existing road frontage along Fambrough Drive, as shown in figure 1. Access to all three parcels, including the new proposed lot 3, is currently facilitated through a shared driveway and cul-de-sac.
In June 2013 the subject lot was purchased, and split from one of the road fronting lots via the recording of a lot split plat (appendix I). The other road fronting parcel shown in the lot split plat was created in 2006, when that parcel was sold and split. The UDC in 2013 required street frontage, and prohibited lot reductions below the minimum standards established for the zoning district. This split was allowed to facilitate the lot split and sale, a...

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