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Variance - 4818 Hill Road
Saige Enterprises Inc. /Tim McTyre
To vary detention pond requirement (Article 11-6)
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File #: PZ 21-004
APPLICATION: Variance APPLICANT: Tim McTyre
Staff Recommendation: Table
Planning and Zoning Recommendation: Denial
Mayor and Council Decision: Pending
PETITION:
To vary detention pond requirement (Article 11-6)
NOTE THIS APPLICATION WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED UNDER PZ 21-003. THE WAIVER FOR DETENTION HAS BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE 2/1/2021 HEARING SO THAT THE APPLICATION CAN BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. STAFF REPORT, ATTACHMENTS AND PZ COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION CAN BE FOUND UNDER PZ 21-003
UPDATE 2/13/2021
The applicant has requested that the City review the application under a Cobb County provision that allows the applicant to pay a fee in lieu of detention. After review with Cobb County Stormwater, the following has been determined.
The entire development site drains completely and directly into a major receiving stream which intercepts at least three square miles of contributing drainage. The applicant provided a models that demonstrated and accepted that no peak flow increases occur in the receiving stream for the two-100 year frequency flood events.
However, the Cobb County ordinance also requires:
will be allowed only in those watersheds in which regional detention facilities exist or are planned or in watersheds with active floodplain acquisition programs in place
Additionally, Cobb County would only approve if the site does not have history of flooding downstream from the site or have homes in the floodplain downstream from the site.
Because the city does not have regional detention facility of active floodplain acquisition in place, staff recommends denial of the request.
The Cobb County code is located below for reference.
Cobb County Code Sec. 50-128. - Development fees.
a. If a stormwater management facility is to be constructed as a system improvement and the appli...
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