Packet: Valdosta-Lowndes County Board of Appeals, including VAR-2023-13 Arglass 2023-06-06

They granted all three variances, for exterior building materials, for signs, and Arglass wants to expand for a second furnace, in their phase 2 planned since at least 2016.

Here are the board packet and the minutes of the June 6, 2023, meeting of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA), received in response to open records request to Valdosta and Lowndes County.

For Arglass, see also the WWALS blog post, Arglass GA-EPD air permit application for a second facility to produce glass containers 2023-07-17.

[Arglass maps]
Arglass maps

3. APP-2023-02-Staff-Report

[3. APP-2023-02 Variance Request by Mac Mackey]
3. APP-2023-02 Variance Request by Mac Mackey
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[Variance Review Criteria]
Variance Review Criteria
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[Variance request from Jimmy Cone]
Variance request from Jimmy Cone
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[Zoning Location Map]
Zoning Location Map
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[Aerial Location Map]
Aerial Location Map
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[Section 210-3 Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District]
Section 210-3 Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District
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[210-3(D)(3)(d) Construction, rehabilitation, restoration, repair of a non-residential structure, interior renovations or interior finishes within an existing structure, or addition to an existing non- residential structure that was permitted prior to the enactment of this Section shall not be subject to the provisions of this Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District, provided that such construction is on a lot of record and does not affect a change to more than 20% of the existing gross floor area of a permitted structure or 2,000 gross square feet, whichever is less.]
210-3(D)(3)(d) Construction, rehabilitation, restoration, repair of a non-residential structure, interior renovations or interior finishes within an existing structure, or addition to an existing non- residential structure that was permitted prior to the enactment of this Section shall not be subject to the provisions of this Urban Commercial Corridor Overlay District, provided that such construction is on a lot of record and does not affect a change to more than 20% of the existing gross floor area of a permitted structure or 2,000 gross square feet, whichever is less.
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[Page 8]
Page 8
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[Page 9]
Page 9
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[210-3(J)(2)(b)ii.3. Metal siding on wall surfaces facing and plainly visible from a street or customer/visitor parking lot. Metal siding components that are clearly decorative and incidental to the wall of the building, are not included in this prohibition.]
210-3(J)(2)(b)ii.3. Metal siding on wall surfaces facing and plainly visible from a street or customer/visitor parking lot. Metal siding components that are clearly decorative and incidental to the wall of the building, are not included in this prohibition.
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[Page 11]
Page 11
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[Staff Review Comments:]
Staff Review Comments:
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[Pictures]
Pictures
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[Page 14 repeats Page 13]
Page 14 repeats Page 13
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[Page 15 repeats Page 13]
Page 15 repeats Page 13
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[Page 16 repeats Page 13]
Page 16 repeats Page 13
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4. APP-2023-03-Staff-Report

[4. APP-2023-03 Variance Request by Little Angels Pre-School & Child Care Center]
4. APP-2023-03 Variance Request by Little Angels Pre-School & Child Care Center
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VAR-2023-13 Arglass

[Staff Report, VAR-2023-13, Arglass]
Staff Report, VAR-2023-13, Arglass
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ZBOA-Meeting-Minutes-2023-06-06

[1. Call to Order]
1. Call to Order
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[3. APP-2023-02: Mac Mackey]
3. APP-2023-02: Mac Mackey
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[There were no complaints.]
There were no complaints.
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[Unanimous decision to grant the variance.]
Unanimous decision to grant the variance.
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[4. APP-2023-03: Little Angels Pre School and Childcare Center.]
4. APP-2023-03: Little Angels Pre School and Childcare Center.
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[it's replacing the existing sign that's already there and going in this place]
it’s replacing the existing sign that’s already there and going in this place
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[Unanimous decision to grant the variance.]
Unanimous decision to grant the variance.
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[6. VAR-2023-13 Arglass]
6. VAR-2023-13 Arglass
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[Since this is totally an aside, it's just something, since you are expanding, you're not required to hold all your water on the same side as what you're building on. Do we need to do anything to address that? --Chairman McCall]
Since this is totally an aside, it’s just something, since you are expanding, you’re not required to hold all your water on the same side as what you’re building on. Do we need to do anything to address that? –Chairman McCall
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[If I’m not mistaken, there might be some stormwater easement that got put in place. That can be done outside of this. It would be like a master's regional storm water facility for a park, but this is its own private park. --Clayton Milligan]
If I’m not mistaken, there might be some stormwater easement that got put in place. That can be done outside of this. It would be like a master’s regional storm water facility for a park, but this is its own private park. –Clayton Milligan
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[7. VAR-2023-14 Frontline Waterworks, 4352 Loch Laurel Road, Valdosta, Georgia]
7. VAR-2023-14 Frontline Waterworks, 4352 Loch Laurel Road, Valdosta, Georgia
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[Fletcher had eight items in response to that, in addition to $500 in fees for that E&S. We have also, since]
Fletcher had eight items in response to that
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[Motion to table.]
Motion to table.
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[Unanimous to table with one abstention.]
Unanimous to table with one abstention.
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