Tag Archives: Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

Setbacks and family ties @ ZBOA 2018-09-11

ZBOA has on
its agenda for Tuesday
setbacks
for the same Stovall property at
6002 N. Oak Street Ext., Valdosta, that
is

on the Lowndes County Commission agenda
the same day for removal of the prohibition on personal care homes.

Plus a

family ties variance in the county and
a

church setback
in Valdosta.

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

September 11, 2018

2:30 p.m.

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Videos: Signs, frontage, parking, recreation, setbacks, shops, homes @ ZBOA 2018-05-05

This was a very long meeting and three of the cases were tabled to a future meeting:

APP-2018-03 — Federal Heath & Advantage Permits,

VAR-2018-09 — Indo American Cultural Society of South,
and because the Candidates Forum
was schedule in the same room, the very long

AAD-2018-01 — Cothron (5310 Tucker Road, Valdosta).

Three items were approved unanimously:

VAR-2018-08 — Graham (4544 Loch Laurel Road, Valdosta),

VAR-2018-10 — Loch Laurel Club (Loch Laurel Road, Valdosta),

and
VAR-2018-12 — Ramos (2703 Highway 41 South, Valdosta),
while

VAR-2018-11 — Lucia Marrero (5594 Shiloh Road, Hahira)
squeaked by on a split vote.

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Signs, frontage, parking, recreation, setbacks, shops, homes @ ZBOA 2018-05-05

Six variances in Lowndes County and a Valdosta LDR change,
on

the ZBOA agenda
for today.

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Videos: Building too close and trash disposal staging @ ZBOA 2018-02-06

They approved both contentious cases, but not unanimously.

Joshua Stevens of Wendover Road,
according to pictures submitted by neighbor Franklin J. Richards II,
built a building eight inches from another building.
“Staff Recommendation: Find inconsistent with the Variance Fteview Criteria and deny the requests.”

ZBOA Chairman Allan Strickland was not present, so Mac McCall chaired.
However, for this first case

he recused himself, and Gretchen Quarterman chaired.
Staff Tracy Tolley suggested tabling to get more information.

Nathaniel Brantley moved to approve citing Continue reading →

Sign variances @ ZBOA 2017-12-05

“[V]ariances are
designed to provide an opportunity for relief in circumstances beyond design’s control where it would be
difficult if not impossible to meet the regulations,”
said city staff, about

APP-2017-07 — Messiah Lutheran Church,
on the the agenda
for this afternoon at the decision-making Valdosta-Lowndes Zoning Board of Appeals.
Ditto
APP-2017-06 — Axis Infrastructure,
but they like the signs proposed in

APP-2017-05 — Staten Station.

You can see all the details of the three Valdosta cases on

on the LAKE website.
I don’t have the packet items for the four Lowndes County cases.

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

December 5, 2017

2:30 p.m.

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Signs and setback @ ZBOA 2017-11-07

A
yard setback on Thronwood Way
and signs on Bemiss Road,
both Lowndes County cases,
on the
agenda for the decision-making
Zoning Board of Appeals.

Two parcels at 3323 Bemiss Road: 01108 102, 01108 103, VAR-2017-21.

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Videos: Ten cases @ ZBOA 2017-10-03

A backlog since June is a lot of cases, and in the interests of time
I have not watched the whole thing; instead I’m posting now.
A
Summary of Actions
should appear soon on the Valdosta website for
the decision-making Zoning Board of Appeals.
See also

the agenda
and board packet,
is
which is on the LAKE website,
courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman.
Gretchen also set up the LAKE video camera behind the board this time.
Links to the two LAKE videos appear below, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

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Ten cases @ ZBOA 2017-10-03

They haven’t met since June, and today the decision-making Zoning Board of Appelas has
the longest agenda ever.
The packet, courtesy of ZBOA member Gretchen Quarterman,
is on the LAKE website.

Valdosta – Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals

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ZBOA cancelled @ ZBOA 2017-09-12

Today’s meeting of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals
is cancelled,
according to Tracy Tolley,
Zoning Coordinator for the City of Valdosta,
in response to an inquiry from Gretchen Quarterman.

Hurricane Irma Wind Field History, National Hurricane Center, NOAA.

ZBOA did not meet in July or August due to lack of business.

An agenda for today’s cancelled meeting is still posted on Valdosta’s website,
which I am copying here, just in case.
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Videos: 3:2 county:city family ties, family residential, 3 setbacks @ ZBOA 2017-06-06

Last thing last Tuesday, they

approved a newspaper insert to commemorate former ZBOA member Mike Hill,
who recently died.

ZBOA
granted 5:1

a request in VAR-2017-06
for lots smaller than in the county’s Family ties requirement.
Again 5:1
they granted the

VAR-2017-07 request for a barn setback.
For each of those cases, one person spoke for.

In

“yet another case that came about due to a recent survey”,
as County Zoner Carmella Braswell said,
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