Board of Adjustments

Rome-Floyd Board of Adjustments Minutes Location: City Hall Commission Chambers Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024 Time: 2:30 PM PLEASE REFER TO THE VIDEO RECORDING FOR FULL DETAIL OF THE MEETING CALL TO ORDER Meeting convened: 2:30 p.m. led by Chair Clonts. Determination of Quorum (4 of 7 needed) P – Present MEMBER Notes STAFF Z – Zoom A Cameron Abney Vice Chair P Sam Lucas - City Attorney P Frank Brown P Chris Jackson – County Attorney P David Clonts Chair A Bruce Ivey – County Manager P Johnathan Harris P Meredith Ulmer – Asst City Manager P Jarrod Johnson - Arrived P James Martin – Building Official @2:36 pm P Wendy Lignell P Brice Wood – Director - Planning Department P Michelle Kite – Associate Planner A Julia Harris – HPC/Associate Planner Public (from sign-in sheet): Pat O’Neal, Timothy McConnell, Erica Pooler, Kenneth Wood, Jose Criollo, Ron Roach, Michael Miller, Daniel Hester, Aniceto Ambrocio, Sheri Arnold, Jimmy Byars Welcome and Introduction of Visitors Clonts welcomed the public to the meeting and requested that all visitors sign in. Approval of Minutes from May 2024 Meeting Brown made a motion to approve the May 2024 minutes, which was seconded by Lignell. The motion passed by common consent. Approval/Modification of Agenda There were no modifications to the agenda. The agenda was approved by common consent. ROME/FLOYD ZONING VARIANCE APPLICATIONS: BOA24-06-01, for the property at 0 Callier Springs Rd., Rome, GA 30162, Floyd County Tax Parcels K15X262 and portions of K15X259, K15X264 and K14Z001, is currently requesting to rezone from Multifamily Residential (M-R) to Suburban Residential (S-R), requests to reduce the lot width requirement from 60’ to 52’, to reduce the front setback from 25’ to 20’, and to reduce the side setbacks from 7’ to 6’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Kenneth Wood and Jimmy Byars were present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. Kenneth Wood brought handouts for review. Brown motioned to accept the handouts for review, which was seconded by Lignell. No one was present to speak in opposition. 1 Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Johnson made a motion to approve on the following conditions: (1) that the approval be limited to the proposed 465 single-homes and (2) that the final design includes the pocket park, courtyards, and trails/river access included on the site plan, spread amongst the homes and various phases of development, which was seconded by Brown. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts M Jarrod Johnson S Frank Brown Y Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell BOA24-06-05, for the property at 414 Kasonawich Rd., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel L13X130, being zoned Agricultural Residential (A-R), requests to subdivide applicant parcel to create an additional parcel with 0’ of road frontage. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Michael Miller was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. They would like to be able to sell the home on the property but are unable to do so until the property has been divided. He would like to build a house on the property as well, but it needs to be split before he can do so. Daniel Hester, Ron Roach and Sheri Arnold were present to speak in opposition. Concerns mentioned include the easement across property and opening this up to other people accessing it, as well as upkeep of the road since there are no county services for the road and it is privately maintained. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Johnson made a motion to deny, which was seconded by Brown. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts M Jarrod Johnson S Frank Brown Y Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell BOA23-07-07, for the property at 404 S Broad St., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel J14E227, being zoned Community Commercial (C-C), requests to reduce the front setback from 20’ to 0’, and to reduce the eastern side setback from 15’ to 0’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Jose Criollo was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. They would like to have a shaded area for the children to be outside. Chair Clonts recused himself from the vote. He discussed the project and improvements they want to make. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Lignell made a motion to approve on condition that they remove the existing fences, add landscape buffer between property and the road, and that they install a decorative metal fence, which was seconded by Harris. The motion passed 4-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney AB David Clonts Y Jarrod Johnson Y Frank Brown S Johnathan Harris M Wendy Lignell 2 BOA24-06-02, for the property at 5 E Lakeshore Dr., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel K14X046, being zoned Suburban Residential (S-R), requests to reduce the western side setback from 7’ to 0’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. No one was present to speak in favor of the application. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Brown made a motion to deny, which was seconded by Harris. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts Y Jarrod Johnson M Frank Brown S Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell BOA24-06-03, for the property at 205 ABC Reservation St., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel J13I190, being zoned High Density Traditional Residential (H-T-R), requests to reduce the front setback along the unopened right-of-way from 20’ to 5’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. No one was present to speak in favor of the application. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Harris made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Johnson. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts S Jarrod Johnson Y Frank Brown M Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell BOA24-06-04, for the property at 512 Harper Ave., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel J14E152, being zoned High Density Traditional Residential (H-T-R), requests to reduce the front setback from 20’ to 9’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Aniceto Ambrocio was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Johnson made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Lignell. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts M Jarrod Johnson Y Frank Brown Y Johnathan Harris S Wendy Lignell 3 BOA24-06-06, for the property at 312 E 15th St., Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel J14N213, being zoned High Density Traditional Residential (H-T-R), requests to reduce the eastern side setback from 5’ to 1’, and to reduce the front setback from 20’ to 15’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Erica Pooler was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. She would like to keep the duplex and rehab it. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Clonts made a motion to deny without prejudice, which was seconded by Johnson. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney M David Clonts S Jarrod Johnson Y Frank Brown Y Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell BOA24-06-07, for the property at 0 Southern Industrial Blvd., Rome, GA 30165, Floyd County Tax Parcel H13X184E, being zoned Light Industrial (L-I), requests to reduce the eastern side setback from 20’ to 8’. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Clonts opened the public hearing. Timothy McConnell was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. They would like to be able to build a new shop for the company to keep the trucks covered, will have drive through bays so there will be no need to back out. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Clonts closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Brown made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Johnson. The motion passed 5-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Cameron Abney Y David Clonts S Jarrod Johnson M Frank Brown Y Johnathan Harris Y Wendy Lignell ADJOURNMENT: Johnson made a motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 3:42 pm by common consent. STAFF REPORTS: https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3259/BOA24-06-01---Callier-Springs-Rd-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3263/BOA24-06-05---Kasonawich-Rd-County https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3258/BOA23-07-07---S-Broad-St-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3260/BOA24-06-02---E-Lakeshore-Dr-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3261/BOA24-06-03---ABC-Reservation-St-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3262/BOA24-06-04---Harper-Ave-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3264/BOA24-06-06---E-15th-St-City https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/3265/BOA24-06-07---Southern-Industrial-Blvd-City 4