Staff backs delay for Ponce De Leon Place home seeking 11-foot retaining wall

The applicant proposing a new single-family home at 811 Ponce De Leon Place NE has asked for more time to negotiate with the neighborhood planning unit. Atlanta planning staff supports deferring the application to Nov. 5, according to an Oct. 8 memorandum to the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

The application, V-26-135, seeks an 11-foot retaining wall instead of the allowed three feet and an eight-foot privacy fence instead of four feet in the half-depth front yard. It also requests a seven-foot setback there instead of 17.5 feet, a seven-foot rear setback instead of 15 feet, and permission for a pool in yards adjacent to a street.

Staff’s support is for more time—not an endorsement of those exceptions. The memorandum does not describe the substance of the negotiations or record a board decision granting the delay.