Staff Report
File #: PZ 20-022
APPLICATION: Variance APPLICANT: Vernon and Edith Hagen
Staff Recommendation: Approval
Planning and Zoning Recommendation: Pending
Mayor and Council Decision: Pending
PETITION:
Variance for accessory and primary structures due to property line reconfiguration at 3978 Old Austell Road in Land Lot 904.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST:
To allow for conformity
LOCATION: 3978 OLD AUSTELL RD; 4115 ATLANTA ST SW; 4109 ATLANTA ST SW; 4127 ATLANTA ST SW
PARCEL ID#: 19090400250; 19090400260; 19090400270: 19090400280
Zoning: R15
Location Map
Background:
The subject site is located along Atlanta Street and Old Austell Powder Springs Road. The subject site falls within the residential (R15) zoning district which requires a front setback of 35 feet; side setback of 10 feet; and rear setback of 30 feet; accessory structures 144 square feet or less requires a side and rear setback of 5 feet. According to the tax assessor, the site consists of four (4) lots that are owned by the applicant (Vernon and Edith Hagen). The applicant is requesting to reconfigure lots into three (3) lots. There are no approved plats by the City of Powder Springs recorded at Cobb Superior Court. There is one survey that was recorded in 1934. This survey shows the site consisting of 3 lots. The configuration of the last recorded plat does not match the lots as shown by the tax assessor. The lot has been sold over the years by a metes and bounds description.
Plat recorded 1934 (PB 003 Pg 160)
The structures on the property, according to the tax assessor were built as follows:
4127 Atlanta Street - 1930
3978 Old Austell Road - 1946
The tax assessor does not have information regarding the third house on the property.
Current lot configuration per Cobb County tax assessor -
The tax assessor has reconfigured the parcel lines in this past year. The applicant presented a plat creating the large parcel shown above. This plat was mark...
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