Last month,
Unscheduled:
Laverne Gaskins announced she did not want to be reappointed to ZBOA.
Fairway got to put its

billboard
back up at the new overpass, but only at 50 feet high.
Plus in the county, a

building location variance
and a

Family Ties variance
were both approved unanimously.
They meet again today at 2:30PM.

Here’s

the agenda for the May 2015 ZBOA meeting, from the
City of Valdosta

website, plus links into the videos and a few notes,
followed by a video playlist.
The results are from ZBOA’s own summary,
which also says all ZBOA members were present:
Paul Alvarado, Laverne Gaskins, Nancy Hobby, Dr. Willie
Houseal, Mac McCall, Satrina Plyler, Gretchen Quarterman,
Allan Strickland.

Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Matt Martin, Valdosta Planning and Zoning Administrator

300 North Lee Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 259-3563

Carmella Braswell, Lowndes County Zoning Administrator

327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia

(229) 671-2430

AGENDA

May 5, 2015

2:30 p.m.

1. Call to Order

LOWNDES COUNTY CASES:

2. 
   VAR-2015-07 Franklin Bailey on behalf of N. L. Bassford, Jr. (4150 Ginger Trail, 4144
   Ginger Trail, 4325 Wisteria Lane, 4401 Wisteria Lane, 4400 Wisteria Lane, 4401 Summer Hill, 4331
   Autumn Ridge, 4320 Sumer Hill, and 4327 Autumn Ridge, Valdosta)
   
   Variance to ULDC Table 01.02 as it pertains to the provisions for building location (minimum building setbacks)

   Video.
   Satrina Plyler had a “conflict of some sort” and recused herself and sat in the audience.
   Looks like they required setbacks, maintaining back and front yards, and a two-car garage to avoid too much street parking.

   (APPROVED with conditions 6-0)

3. 
   VAR-2015-08 Rodney Tenery, Jr. on behalf of Marlene Basson (5195 Highway 84 East,
   Naylor)
   
   Variance to ULDC Chapter 4.04.04 as it pertains to the requirements for Family Ties Land Divisions

   Video.

   (APPROVED 7-0)

CITY OF VALDOSTA CASE:

4. 
   APP-2015-02 Fairway Outdoor Advertising (807 W. Hill Avenue)
   
   Variance to LDR Chapter
   230-9 as it pertains to freestanding sign requirements in a Highway Commercial (C-H) zoning
   district

   Video.
   This one took more than half the meeting.

   (APPROVED 7-0 with conditions)
   Or was it? The video shows one opposed: Paul Alvarado.

OTHER BUSINESS:

5. 
   Approval of Minutes:
   April 7, 2014

   Video.

   (APPROVED 7-0)

   Unscheduled:
   Laverne Gaskins is not applying to be reappointed to ZBOA.
   They took a group picture of the current board with her on it.

   
   
   
   Mac McCall, Gretchen Quarterman, Allan Strickland, Laverne Gaskins, Willie Houseal, Satrina Plyler, Nancy Hobby, Paul Alvarado.

6. 
   Adjournment

Here’s

a video playlist:

Videos: Billboard and building locations

Regular Session, Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 May 2015.

-jsq