Staff opposes extra lot coverage for Battle Creek Way pool that already has location relief

A proposed rear-yard pool at 995 Battle Creek Way NW already has relief from two Atlanta zoning restrictions. But planning staff recommends denying a separate request to increase maximum lot coverage from 40% to 43.01%, according to an Oct. 8 report to the Board of Zoning Adjustment.

Staff reports that the property previously received a special exception allowing a pool in a yard adjacent to a street and a variance reducing the required rear yard from 20 feet to 10 feet. Those permissions address where the pool can go. The pending coverage request addresses a different limit: how much of the property development can occupy.

Staff finds no site-specific constraint justifying that additional coverage. The property meets the zoning district's minimum lot area and width, and its topography lies outside the proposed pool area. The report says the request is “related to the size and design of the proposed pool rather than a hardship imposed by the property or the Zoning Ordinance.”

The report recommends denial of case V-26-103; it does not record a board decision on the coverage request. The earlier location permissions are not approval of this additional variance.