Beautification Committee

Rome-Floyd Board of Adjustments Minutes Location: City Hall Sam King Room and Zoom Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 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 Abney. Determination of Quorum (4 of 7 needed) P – Present MEMBER Notes STAFF Z – Zoom P Cameron Abney Chair P Frank Beacham - City Attorney P Phil Burkhalter P Chris Jackson – County Attorney A Will Byington A Bruce Ivey – County Manager P David Clonts – arrived at Vice Chair P Meredith Ulmer – Asst City Manager 2:34 pm P Jarrod Johnson - arrived P James Martin – Building Official at 2:31 pm P Von Lambert P Brice Wood – Director - Planning Department P Terry Williamson P Michelle Kite – Planning Technician P Julia Harris – HPC/Associate Planner P Doug Walker – Public Information Public (from sign-in sheet): Andy & Trisha Roberts, Thomas & Wanda Smith, Jeremy Graham Welcome and Introduction of Visitors Abney welcomed the public to the meeting and requested that all visitors sign in. Approval of Minutes from October 2023 Meeting Burkhalter made a motion to approve the October 2023 minutes, which was seconded by Williamson. The motion passed by common consent. Approval/Modification of Agenda Request was made to modify the agenda to remove BOA23-11-03 at the applicant’s request. Williamson made a motion to approve the agenda with modification, which was seconded by Burkhalter. The motion passed by common consent. ROME/FLOYD ZONING VARIANCE APPLICATIONS: BOA23-11-01, for the property at 2010 Redmond Circle, Rome, GA 30165, Floyd County Tax Parcel H12Z583, being zoned Community Commercial (C-C), requests to reduce the sign setback from 10’ to 0’ to maintain the existing sign. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Abney opened the public hearing. Jeremy Graham was present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. He stated there was miscommunication on the project and thought everything had been approved to move forward but permits had not been pulled for the sign. No one was present to speak in opposition. 1 Chair Abney closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Johnson made a motion to deny, which was seconded by Williamson. The motion passed 6-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Y Cameron Abney - Will Byington Y Von Lambert Y Phil Burkhalter Y David Clonts S Terry Williamson M Jarrod Johnson BOA23-11-02, for the property at 7035 Cave Spring Rd. (6948 Cave Spring Rd. as listed on the Parcel Viewer), Rome, GA 30161, Floyd County Tax Parcel F18051, being zoned Suburban Residential (S-R), requests to construct a secondary structure prior to a principal structure. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Abney opened the public hearing. Thomas and Wanda Smith were present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. No one was present to speak in opposition. Chair Abney closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Lambert made a motion to approve as submitted, which was seconded by Burkhalter. The motion passed 6-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Y Cameron Abney - Will Byington M Von Lambert S Phil Burkhalter Y David Clonts Y Terry Williamson Y Jarrod Johnson BOA23-11-04, for the property at 0 Manning Lake Rd., Rome, GA 30165, Floyd County Tax Parcel G14Z005, being zoned Suburban Residential (S-R), requests to install an accessory structure prior to the principal structure, said accessory structure being closer to the public right-of-way than the proposed principal structure. Director Wood presented the application, staff report, and staff recommendation. Chair Abney opened the public hearing. Andy and Trish Roberts were present to speak in favor of the application and to answer any questions. They would like to have storage building for tractor and tools for land improvement while they get property ready to build on. No one was present to oppose the application. Chair Abney closed the public hearing and opened the floor for discussion amongst the voting members. Johnson made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Williamson. The motion passed 6-0. MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER M - Motion S – Second AB – Abstained Y Cameron Abney - Will Byington Y Von Lambert Y Phil Burkhalter Y David Clonts S Terry Williamson M Jarrod Johnson ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 2:59 pm by common consent. STAFF REPORTS: https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/2797/BOA23-11-01---Redmond-Circle https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/2798/BOA23-11-02---Cave-Spring-Rd https://www.romega.us/DocumentCenter/View/2799/BOA23-11-04---Manning-Lake-RoadB 2