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City Council Archive ViewMonday, February 23, 2026
BodyMarietta, Georgia
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DateMonday, February 23, 2026
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0:00

Six o'clock.

0:05

Well we'll call the order of the February twenty-third 2026 very board sort of bills meeting.

0:17

Everyone that is here in favor of application is a total of 20 minutes to present a test to the board.

0:36

Likewise, if there's anybody in an opposition to the fans.

0:52

And if we're doing Bobby would say turn your phones on.

1:07

Okay.

1:09

Um first thing on the agenda is to approve the methods from paper was our last meeting.

1:25

All the stuff right here.

1:33

Okay, the first case is V 2025-41.

1:37

Jose Miguel Mayna Morales is requesting a variance for property at 554 Bowling Street.

1:44

This is a variance for just a rear setback for an accessory structure and a variance to allow an accessory structure to exceed the height of the principals from that with the four spectrum.

2:17

We're here for a structure drive for anything else.

2:39

Umber um does that all you have to say?

2:53

Um the last meeting.

3:10

I don't remember if you put something else in the city.

3:13

Okay.

3:17

Okay.

3:19

Um like to say you guys sent the city sent someone to call me some.

3:42

Well, do you understand uh the um when the city came out with the measurements that they give you the results of the measurements?

4:14

Oh no, they want to wait until uh he's only got a technical thing maximum.

4:23

What the five uh then have uh six feet.

4:33

Seventeen feet to six inches.

4:42

Okay.

4:44

And um the primary structure.

4:49

It was measured at 15 feet and six inches.

4:54

So we're about two feet too tall for the structure.

5:00

Right.

5:11

That would that way.

5:14

It seems like the peak is where we're measuring anything back in a flat roof, or even like a that might fall under the 15 feet or something.

5:26

Correct.

5:26

Um they would still have an issue to put place in.

5:29

Right.

5:30

But that would just be front fight back versus that.

5:49

Is there anyone here that has a post area to make one down?

6:05

And you said that comic price.

6:09

I like directly behind.

6:11

And then the two people side behind me for both the boys to this game.

6:15

And not only is it taller than their house, it's also up on the hill.

6:20

So it's more like five or six feet taller than their house.

6:22

Because that's not one of them because then they pushed all the dirt and flat in my backyard and built a hill at the back of this property.

6:29

So it's also up, it's like it's much more than two feet taller.

6:33

Um also it's it's it's closer to my house than house.

6:41

They built the privacy things and they built it the wrong way.

6:47

And they've also built two other structures in the backyard seats as well.

6:51

And I haven't said anything about those even bothering me, but the one overlooking my backyard and close to my house, it's awesome.

6:57

It's it's also it's taken away from the body of my property because overlooking my backyard.

7:02

But it's it's just it's I asked them when they started building asked them what they were doing, and then he kept building.

7:10

And I put it complaining in the city while they were building it, and then built a structure in their front yard that they didn't even got they got hit off and didn't realize the structure I was talking about was in the back.

7:19

So it's like uh you can see Officer Bryars, but then it notes how you hit on the front door.

7:25

And if you look at the pictures you took from my yard, you can see how their fence is built the wrong way.

7:29

You can probably see the nails that can have this way.

7:32

Which didn't say which is a danger to me in my notes.

7:35

I need one forcement about it.

7:36

I don't I was I wasn't really worried about it.

7:38

I'll see if I cut the nails off myself.

7:40

I'll try not to be in the bad man.

7:42

You know what I mean?

7:42

But when there's a structure overlooking my backyard, we have properties for privacy.

7:47

You know, but the structure overlooks my backyard.

7:49

Like I said, it's more like five or six feet tall from the house.

7:53

I mean, it's also it's built on logs.

7:55

The logs that are holding the structure up is not even like well, it's still looking.

7:59

It's it's it's it's the tough time logs between three and some of the pictures officer brick's too.

8:06

One of these pictures from from your property.

8:08

The ones from the back of the house yes, the ones in the middle of the house.

8:15

Yeah, you can see the one thing spacing my way.

8:19

And so are you are you at five, five, five left going?

8:24

Is there I've been there my entire life.

8:28

You might bump that house from my ball.

8:29

I'll think we're gonna went where at high school multiple area.

8:35

I don't know the people that they do.

8:40

I've seen all the people on the home that were comfortable.

8:46

And so 100%.

8:48

Yeah, because it's it's way too close.

8:50

Like I said, it's close to my house and a side house.

8:53

Like I said, it's up on top of a hill.

8:54

It's not only above that tall, but if you're measured from the hill too tall.

8:59

So it's probably seven or eight feet probably taller than the fence.

9:02

You can read this.

9:04

You can see from the picture from the front of the house.

9:06

You can see how much how much it sticks left over their house from those pictures.

9:10

It's not just two feet.

9:13

It's it's a lot, it's a base five.

9:17

So where is your house in relation to that?

9:20

You can see my house, it's right in front.

9:23

So that's that's my house right there.

9:24

So it's uh there, yeah.

9:28

My house is like another five feet that way.

9:31

Yeah, nothing.

9:33

No, that's the tree house.

9:34

My house is like you can if the picture went out, like another two inches, you can see my home.

9:40

You can see the very corner of your property.

9:42

Yeah, you see that that that one structure right there that's almost built.

9:45

They built a structure there too that they didn't get.

9:47

Yeah, they're that's just the construction there now, which is per gold, they're not a whole new structure.

9:54

But they've also done that in good profits for.

9:56

I thought officer buyers about it.

9:58

I wasn't gonna say nothing, but you know what I mean?

10:01

I don't know.

10:02

I'm not really well fine.

10:03

The one that's closer to my house is overlooking my backyard.

10:06

It's a problem.

10:07

It's an extraway from the bottom altar.

10:15

I guess that's really interesting.

10:33

If it's less than ten feet tall, then it's gotta be ten feet from the road.

10:38

Yeah, that's more than fifteen feet tall.

10:41

And then it's it's it's literally one foot from the property.

10:44

I can reach out the fence agreement.

11:02

Is that C oh four feet, six inches perfectly?

11:07

Well if it's four feet like that, it's a little levels.

11:10

I would say four feet.

11:11

Six inches would be very changed.

11:14

Apparently that is measured on just some more six.

11:26

Well that's an opposition.

11:33

Well, I suppose we have to come back.

11:47

Thank you.

12:10

And the reason I put a fence is because he got a dog and the dogs come and scan my case.

12:16

So that might put a fence.

12:17

I don't know, probably at wrong, but at least the dog's not coming on to scan my feet in my case.

12:22

So we're not talking about a fist switch.

12:25

We're talking about the stretch.

12:29

You say my fence is the wrong.

12:34

So possibly if you have that in my face, plus we got in his face.

12:37

So I can see this when you're just facing the water to decide your place to your property under Marietta Code and shine pieces.

12:49

So what you say is it's just backwards.

12:51

It's basically like uh you're stuck by the street because you caves.

12:58

Yeah, like 10 days.

13:00

I understand I'm but they like that's the way they didn't trees.

13:04

So why are you not putting this all fence if my own?

13:09

And it's supposed to be, I mean, he got one by the uh by the house is uh two levels from it.

13:16

His house is from levels too, so that's why it looked at like he's on the top, so they're why you're looking really like how much away.

13:22

That thing because his house is two levels.

13:34

Um I just wanted to who is your contract you built for that.

13:41

Um they have um I guess they maybe it's a building and then you have them, you know, you know.

13:52

So obviously he didn't know it's gonna close fence.

13:56

Yeah, I mean we don't we know that they fancy but this kind of gotta file some.

14:08

Uh less plus we're trying to uh I don't think where they can run three.

14:45

Well, uh obviously not.

15:00

Well, the tall we need to see when we hit place, like I said, if you took off the complexity flat that might dissolve to an event stuff is easy.

15:13

Still are instead of the location.

15:26

Or put it out on the bottom and then move it off.

15:37

Yeah, we thought everything's slightly like that.

15:48

I was to say it's probably the easy way, is like uh bringing it down from the top.

15:52

I think what we've got to move it to the side because it's better idea.

15:57

I've been bringing up and then my team I've got to write that.

15:59

So would it be possible to bring it down from the top?

16:04

Is it I mean it looks like it's maybe large, but it'd be possible to make it like a one story short structure instead of playing out.

16:21

Probably the is the way is uh drug play price on a ten thousand dollar and bring it down.

16:29

And they'll have no problem with the neighborhood, and they should wait till I at this point unless there is a one else I'd like to speak to support.

16:49

They have until this coming is common they just five number four days and uh they don't come into it.

16:56

So at this point I'll close the pause of public here.

17:02

And uh we'll have we'll have some more questions.

17:14

Well, um I'm feeling uh I always felt uh this at least needed to in terms of hiding um after you hadn't had a neighbor complaints until just now and um about about the uh place and uh seems like the neighbors don't really like the placement here.

17:51

Uh at this point I've uh probably have to I'm gonna make it in motion to uh it's just gonna be air position.

18:11

That's a six.

18:14

Thank you.

18:15

Um probably just need to have the city to say that you're not stopping.

18:20

Um to avoid any force condition issues.

18:26

Okay.

18:28

Thank you.

18:33

Next case is fee 2025-46.

18:36

Crown trend transmissions ink is requesting variances for property at 2070 airport industrial park drive.

18:44

So variance to operate auto sales um on a parcel less than one acre and within 50 feet of residentially property, and to allow a chain link and some screening for the residential property.

19:16

Good evening, everyone, and uh my name is Mr.

19:18

Daffazelli, own as uh Macy on the order of 270 airport industrial park drive.

19:25

Um that's uh thirty years crown transmission is operating.

19:31

Well I said thank you for uh being here and uh in this uh challenging weather situations and um we try to address uh uh address the subjects uh their concern of uh of the board and of course we'll get to any questions you have.

19:49

Uh as far as the property being close to or next to an apartment complex, uh I have to say it's as uh seen on the Google map pictures that I sent in.

20:00

Uh as far as the property being close to or next to an apartment complex, uh I have to say, as uh seen on the Google map pictures that I sent in, uh, provided uh we are about 377 feet away from the first apartment building, not to mention that there's a huge buffer by the trees, and uh again the neighboring business is uh less than hundred feet feet, uh 150 feet away from the first apartment building.

20:26

If the noise is concerned for this issue, uh we are uh fence to fence with Albizar for space, and the last 30 years top is testing jet engines and uh shooting range being right on the north side of my fence, which we listened to almost three days, four days a week.

20:51

Um I don't think there's any noise issues or noise ordnance based on that.

20:59

We don't create any noise or very quiet and just good distance, there's no equipment making noise there.

21:07

As far as the uh fence, there's always been a solid uh uh chain links fence, which is a screening fence between us and uh uh residential property, which again is 370 seat seventy-seven feet away from the first apartment uh building again the next door neighbor business is much closer than we are.

21:34

Um to mention that uh uh next to that apartment by the trees, there is a huge deep deep drop behind those apartment buildings when it makes it almost impossible for anybody to cross or even walk through uh wood to come into our fence area.

21:54

For the last 30 some years I've been there, nobody has ever been curious to come up to the fence to see what is going on because they can't even get there.

22:06

Um as far as the property maintenance goes, uh parking lot is extremely clean, it's freshly stripped for orderly and safe parking.

22:18

Uh I would challenge any business on by the street airport industrial, which I've been for 30 years.

22:25

Uh one of the cleanest, neatest, more organized, safest business being a transmission business, which is a very hard business, still the cleanest business, and I'll challenge any any of these businesses to come and uh check my place.

22:44

Uh parking lot is extremely clean uh for so many bed uh for many, so many years of being there.

22:52

I have no oil spots, no uh oil stains in the park a lot.

22:57

Always kept very organized and clean.

23:00

Um all around we'll have an excess of 40 parking spaces.

23:05

That's if you only park one row of cars.

23:07

If you do park two rows of additional of 20, which is still a lot of room to maneuver.

23:14

Uh uh property grounds are completely asphalted, 100%, no grassy or dirt area, extremely.

23:33

We're uh right here at the beginning of the property when you go in.

23:38

There is uh security uh light by the uh Marietta uh power, which has a lighting, lights at the whole parking lab, which we pay for monthly.

23:51

Um as far as the building itself goes, because I'm I'm a knit freak and and I want everything nice and clean.

24:02

We have just a new roofing on the building, we don't brand new gutters or no leaks uh inside the building.

24:08

We keep everything neat as far as uh oil drainage uh you know, waste oil tank reservoirs.

24:17

We still have we also have a special metal bins, the red metal bins when insurance companies requires requires us to have for uh cell towels or and and we don't wash out towels always by brand new ones as soon as they get dirty to go into that bin and get disposed of.

24:36

Um we as Miss uh Sarah mentioned kind of surprise promissaire one afternoon, which I didn't know who she was.

24:45

She parked by the way I have a sign in front of my from a civil engineer by train.

24:53

I have a sign in front of my entrance that you can see and it sits on a roller and it says on there my address so people know where they are, and it says hunk to enter.

25:00

If you can see it sits on a roller and it says on there my address so people know where they are, and it says hunk to enter.

25:05

And and people come in hunk, and if I expect them to come in or if I I want them to come in, you know, I keep away people like salespeople and what have you.

25:16

So there's no incoming in and out traffic, and if I don't want it in a surprise visit from Miss Sarah was very nice uh and showed her, and I kind of had to ask her to say, come on inside, come inside my shop.

25:30

You know, my guy was working and and and she found everything to be important.

25:37

Uh as far as the operation of of the business, which I think is one of the concerns of the board uh for the permit is uh most of the vehicles are driving vehicles, they drive them into my business.

25:51

Uh uh uh whether it's going to be a cars, cars that we purchase, and it's gonna be uh they're gonna be picked up and driven in.

26:00

Uh if there's going to be anything towed in, it's going to be by smaller two trucks with the carry one one vehicle, bring it in.

26:08

Unload inside my property where they will not block the driveway of the neighboring businesses.

26:15

Uh we even have signs, I have signs on my fence.

26:19

When you get to my fence when it's closed, they will tell you not to park here, not to block my kit.

26:24

I'm more concerned of anybody blocking my gate than me blocking everything because I have no business outside of my kit.

26:30

All my business is done inside of the kit.

26:33

Um comparing transmission business for the last 30 years to what we're doing now.

26:41

Transmission business is very, very, very much like 10% of what it was.

26:48

Um comparing a transmission business to what we're planning to do now, where we do a couple of transmissions a week, maybe, and a lot of sales and a low volume compare what I had the business before to the volume of now together is going to be half of what it used to be just for the transmission business of how busy we were, and we still conducting business and everything was fine, and it's much complex.

27:19

Um as I mentioned in the original letter, which I mentioned at the beginning, uh, with complication, the transmission business is has declined due to economy and technology overall operation of the transmissions.

27:35

The new vehicles are electronically controlled, and they they're much more longer lasting.

27:41

You know, that's a good part for people.

27:44

Um now when we want to bring a we're in business in for a transmission, uh we uh have a discussion with the customer, like you would he would call, we'll discuss with you to make sure that you are aware of the cost factors, and also we want to make sure based on the type of vehicle you have, we want to make sure that the transmission is available to purchase.

28:09

Uh all of this we're doing so and make sure the transmission is done on back order.

28:15

A lot of times they are.

28:16

All of this is done so to prevent to bring a car into the property and just be left here.

28:23

And and the downtime will be a lot longer.

28:25

So if the customer doesn't have the money or cannot afford it, whether the transmission is not available, we're not going to bring the car in.

28:32

All of this is to minimize the number of vehicles at the property at any given time.

28:38

So I always work on that.

28:40

I do not have one single, one single car that is in the property right now that's been sitting there more than five days.

28:54

I just don't bring them in.

28:55

It's there, it's going to be worked on, they have the money, we agreed to it, they're gonna pick it up, and it's gonna be done.

29:01

Umright and email I received from Thomas City America.

29:07

They were they were saying if you're having hardship, why don't you offer complete auto repair?

29:12

Well, uh, because of the fact that uh doing things like that, it will invite many, many older cars, much older cars with many unknown issues like leaking components, much more mixed mess here, long longer down times, and they're gonna be left in the shop.

29:31

And one of the most important things in this case is that I'm good with transmissions, that's my expertise, and I don't want to bring cars in to do brakes and radiators and this and that, and like I said, we just get a lot more mess here, so I'm just very I rather do low volume and and basically you make more money doing low volume and do the right thing instead of just lots of different things and do whatever you can and you know, make it make a big mess.

30:03

Try to keep the quality of the work where I expect it to be the way I want it to be.

30:08

And um, therefore you can keep your customers happy.

30:11

And if you ever get a chance to go on Google and put in crowd transmission reviews on Google, you will see over 280 five-star reviews that maybe in about basic.

30:24

So that kind of tells you how you keep up with my customers and how we can all keep up with the business.

30:31

Um they also mentioned in the email from the city that forceal leasing is an option.

30:37

Like, why don't I just lease part of my building and my operation so I can have some extra income so you know, to outset offset for the lower transmission business, and I I would say that's not an option due to the fact that there will be very little or no control over the type of uh incoming businesses and clientele and traffic and cleaning us and also lots of insurance issues and becomes a whole somebody else coming into your you know side of your property, you know, uh basically I'll see that as my home, you know.

31:18

I that's the way I look at it.

31:21

In general, for the last 30 some years, since August of 1995, there has never been uh um I've never been cited on ground transmissions, it's never been cited for any kind of operation, ordinance, or upkeeping violations by the city of Mariana.

31:42

Even surprise visits by fire departments has been many of them to just come in.

31:47

There's always been nothing but positive uh results.

31:50

We come in and take a look, we leave, you know, uh probably two, three times a year at least.

31:56

We are determined to keep it this way, even with operating as a very very low volume car sales business.

32:04

And when I say low volume, I've always had the opportunity to go and do you know, car sales and go open someplace and do some things and and and and get into calling people in a lot of hardship because of finance finance and finance charges, and and people are signed in for extreme amounts of money and just don't blame in it, low volume, very you know, lower price cars where typical people can afford it, but I have to go through financing eight, ten thousand dollar cars, make sure they're good, they're decent cars, and good transportation, you know, and we're there to help them if they need anything.

32:51

That's my model instead of selling something, buying a car for 10,000 and have a finance company go at it, but kind of customer size for it, they own 20,000.

33:02

I've always been against that.

33:04

So we're gonna be very low volume, very basic sales.

33:07

Um to mention that uh never adding any kind of security accidents on my property.

33:20

So you know, my customers, my vehicles, customers' vehicles always been safe in my place.

33:26

Uh again, that probably helps because I'm fence to fit with Dobbins of first base, and nobody really comes around that way.

33:35

Um false alarm report with City of Marietta is an excellent report.

33:42

We have no uh false long situations uh we're annually registered and updated every year with City of Marietta.

33:52

Um at the end, our objective is to maintain and keep the company in business with the help of an auto-sell permit, very low volume, uh, to where we can guarantee that the public interest well-being and safety will be compromised won't be compromised as it hasn't been for the last 30 years.

34:16

Uh thank you for um thank you in advance for your concentration and thank you for giving me the opportunity.

34:23

Hopefully, to have the pleasure to continue serving the citizens of uh sitting very good.

34:29

Thank you.

34:31

Any questions?

34:33

I think for expecting all your uh if we're gonna be talking about transmissions, sorry.

34:45

For sale, probably at the most 50.

34:52

15, one five.

34:54

Oh, yes, how do we even we have a space for 50 to answer the question?

35:00

How many stripe spots do you have right now?

35:02

Right now we have 16 striped spots.

35:04

If you only park one room, okay.

35:07

You can always park two rooms.

35:09

And then on the other side of the building, and then there's some other pictures.

35:13

There's plenty of room because the building is not striped.

35:17

They're not as striped yet.

35:18

Well, we done we could hardly stripe these because of the weather.

35:23

You know, the paint doesn't stick to the concrete because as soon as it was raining, so as soon as it gets better, I'm gonna stripe the rest of it.

35:30

To be honest with you, on that side on the inside of the building, if look like plenty of room to park there.

35:38

Uh but it's almost never needed.

35:44

Solid fence.

35:48

Where which side?

35:54

Well, my chain link fence is fence with Davis Air Force Fence.

36:00

And when just repaired it and made it new with all the poles that are new.

36:06

All the way around that back in the back towards where uh uh in the back where Jim Ellis, that parking lot is empty now, but now it's full.

36:16

That right there, Jimellis uh GM's kicking that.

36:21

They have Malmore, Maslow, Audi, all their income.

36:24

They just built that building right there also, which is nice.

36:27

Um body shop.

36:29

Yeah, body shop, uh detailing, and uh I tell you they have 18 builders coming there onloading cars, and I'm really field for those apartments, so I don't know how they live there.

36:42

We don't these apartments are very close because no I see no I see.

36:49

Um but uh uh they had when they moved in, Jim Ellis moved in there and put in a cover to like a uh barrier to uh privacy area.

37:05

So when there are people walking around, they won't be looking at our shot in the on the side in the back.

37:18

Yes, yes, and which will lower for a to be I would say maximum maximum cars for sale.

37:29

I mean, just if I'm going to be improved, twenty will be the most you can have that we I accept that stipulation.

37:46

Um trees or vegetation being disturbed in the right of weight not being blocked with the yes ma'am.

37:54

There is nothing for me to do with just there's no vegetation or trees.

37:58

Actually, uh about a year and a half ago, I had uh couldn't do anymore, but these three climbers came in, I paid them like three thousand dollars.

38:10

And I didn't really have to, there's not nobody would made me, but there were all the trees on the north side all along the long fence that had a lot of limbs hanging over to just automatic, and one time one small limb fell, and I said, you know what, I might as well have them climbed these big trees and cut all the big limbs all the way around.

38:33

Yeah.

38:34

So there's nothing phones.

38:38

Cleaned it up, but no removal of trees or shrubs.

38:42

There's nothing there for me to remove.

38:44

I've been the same way for 30 years.

38:46

I have to put it in.

38:48

I think that the other thing that we're missing from your package you think you guys have it are the letters that he didn't.

38:55

Yes, ma'am.

38:57

And maybe those came in the general job.

39:02

Yes, both of my neighbors on before you enter my property.

39:09

Uh there's the ones you pass through it again.

39:11

Yes, ma'am.

39:13

They're great people, great neighbors, sanders.

39:17

Uh very uh is uh Rogers and Limousine uh uh company.

39:25

I love it because he's got tons of cameras and security.

39:28

Sanders is one of the greatest people other than a business.

39:35

Neighbor is a very good person.

39:43

By the way, in front of my fence, there was an area that was like a little broken up.

39:47

I just paid like a thousand dollars to dig it down for about six inches, seven inches, and kind of machine come in.

40:01

So there will be that's it.

40:11

Anything else that you wanted to add or anybody who wants to carry five lights now.

40:22

Is there anybody here opposition?

40:27

Oh, there is closed.

40:36

Alright, I would like to have three between the variants with stipulations that the parking lot was straight to order me.

40:44

There were no more than 20 years for sale on site.

40:52

And the right of way is not by the public.

40:58

Inventory, and this is under the criteria that granting the application would not be determined on range or eastern property range.

41:33

He's got the for twenty to be parked construct.

41:39

Yeah, I had something.

41:44

Any further discussions?

41:47

All those in favor, please restrict.

41:56

Thank you.

41:58

Next case is the 2026-02.

42:02

David and Melissa Darden are requesting variances for property at 82 Main Street.

42:07

It's a variance to allow a shale driveway and a variance to reduce the front setback.

42:18

I'll appreciate this opportunity to address you on this variance request.

42:26

My name is David Darden.

42:27

My wife's now on this property.

42:29

Um this property, to give you a little bit of background, this property has been in my wife's family for over 100.

42:36

Um her family moved to Last Street.

42:42

And uh was considered out of town.

42:53

So we had a nice uh a small lot for adequate cultural purposes.

42:59

So uh we bought the house ten years ago when her father died, and we bought it from the state.

43:07

Um we've kept it obviously sensitive.

43:09

We rented it to my daughter.

43:11

Um, and she recently moved out and we made this decision to move back home, so to speak.

43:17

Um this property has sort of been the hub of our extended family before we were in it.

43:27

So it's a special place for us.

43:29

Uh we did uh consult builders and architect and we test uh the old house.

43:36

Uh and we found that the old house, which is the front part, it was not suitable stuff to keep.

43:42

It was it's never been on the market for 100 years.

43:47

The records of the seller uh room purchaser inspection uh so we looked at it and we decided that the best thing to do would be go take the house down.

43:56

So we're rebuilding.

43:58

Um and uh look too sometimes so we're pretty far along the house.

44:07

Uh so our request is uh two parts of our request.

44:12

Uh the first part of the request is for uh a variance with regard to uh custom house where we can keep that new one up and to make it more clean.

44:22

Okay, yeah, that's perfect.

44:24

So um you'll see the triple window there on that you can't really tell the depth, but that part of the house extends from the front porch.

44:32

And that is the part of the house that is extending uh uh no more than six inches into the setback.

44:39

Um was an burdened uh problem or mistake our builder.

44:44

That's a library.

44:45

We're building a library in that room originally on the inside.

44:49

We had a bench seat below those windows.

45:01

But instead, we decided to take that brick apron across, and when we did, we discovered that we were six up to six inches over on just that part, just the left part of everything else is.

45:21

It has to do with the driveway down, as you see down the west side of the property.

45:26

We've asked for variants for a shale driveway.

45:31

We believe that's the best look for the house from an aesthetic standpoint rather than asphalt or concrete.

45:40

You can't really tell here, but the house is west, unless you see that white, that's from the this house up there, is an unusual situation on the eastern part.

45:54

We'd be next to our driveway at all.

46:00

It's for some reason there's a concrete slab to the east of this house.

46:07

The area on the show.

46:09

So right there to the right of this house, uh, next to the driveway is a concrete slab.

46:19

And so that's concerning on the other side of the house.

46:23

Um we're right to the left of that driveway.

46:28

You can sort of see shade back there where right.

46:31

So go look, that's right.

46:32

That's right.

46:33

That's where that's all concrete.

46:34

And so we're also concerned by putting in uh an asphalt or concrete driveway about water retention in that area because of this sort of unique slab that he has there.

46:48

Um we think uh perfect surface would be better uh going back from the street.

46:55

And we've of course shale is more stable than T-stone.

46:59

Uh it is an interlocking material.

47:01

Um it does compact, probably looking at getting it approved.

47:06

We've got a medium-grade shale, uh, which would cause the pieces to interlock, which makes it stable, but it also compacts uh so that it more closely would resemble a hardened surface, but still be permeus and water remote.

47:21

So we think shale is the best uh alternative for the driveway.

47:26

Um I do have a couple of things that I wanted to address with regard to, by the way, there are a lot of the peace stone, two doors up is a peace stone driveway right, right up there across from us, got a nice peace stone.

47:39

That's gravel.

47:40

Um flip around and go across the street from us.

47:44

I don't know where this picture was taken.

47:48

That could be right there.

47:51

That driveway is now gravel, yes.

47:54

That driveway is not gravel with no apron.

47:56

That's right across the street from us.

48:01

But we think shale is a good alternative for us.

48:04

Um the department of transportation requires for that sidewalk back.

48:09

We're gonna have to taper for ADA purposes.

48:12

We're going to have to taper back the sidewalk to the left and the right, and we have to have a hardened surface apron of five feet beyond the sidewalk, which is fine with us that everybody is supposed to have that shale production.

48:26

Everybody's supposed to have a five foot.

48:28

But we're willing to add to that a hardened surface five-foot apron, another ten feet of farting surface.

48:35

Because I understand the city's concerns about losing or about having uh the shale or keystone or anything else filter into the right-of-way.

48:46

That's that's completely understandable.

48:48

So I'm willing to add another 10 feet to the five feet required for any driveway, uh, a hardened surface to contain the shale away from the right of way.

48:58

I will say you can probably tell there is a there's a grade away from the sidewalk or the street to the rear of the house.

49:11

So we would not have any shale washing towards the right-of-way.

49:16

Uh it's going to be contained by that apron that I'm willing to put in.

49:20

It'll also be contained.

49:21

We actually, the acron we're putting in might be sort of like what you see there with the old house of paper bridge to be a good historic look.

49:30

Uh, on the left side of the driveway, the shale will be contained by water uh border stone.

49:37

And on the right side of the driveway, of course, it'll be contained by the foundation of the house.

49:42

And then when we get to the back in front of the garage as the degrees from the old garage and is complying with it.

50:01

So we uh in front of the garage, we would have the series of garage here.

50:06

We would actually propose to have concrete right in front of the garage at pad in front of the driveway, in front of the garage.

50:14

But otherwise, we would take the shale back to that area as we approach the garage.

50:20

It'll be mounted on the left by paper stones on the right on the foundation home of the home, and then as we get past the home, we will uh contain it on the right-hand side again with uh boundary boundaries.

50:33

So that's that's our request.

50:35

Uh and we think it's uh as I said, two points, the version is set back in the front, and then to allow the shell driveways, which will be completely contained, and uh will be contained in the front by a heart.

50:49

So I don't know, available for any questions you may have.

51:03

There's a shield driveway.

51:05

If you come to the four-way stop at the station, and you're heading out of town as you head down the hill, uh on the left, there's a shield driveway with a compliant apron.

51:15

Um west side.

51:17

Left side, sort of before you get to west side, but on the left.

51:23

Right, right around the corner from your parents' house.

51:27

If you had a right like you could do before, that would also be primarily appropriate surface.

51:34

Right.

51:35

It has been with me.

51:36

So I I think it's from a historic standpoint, if we're water runoff standpoint, I think it's a line.

51:46

The city council in general usually frowns upon that.

51:54

I haven't been on the board long enough for I've read about the left because our case I was on the board at the time with all the control and stuff.

52:02

This is one of my first times.

52:04

That's down with uh gravel.

52:07

I think that's the one.

52:14

So the uh I'm inclined to feet with 258.

52:34

Yes, yeah.

52:39

And that would allow the water go onto the concrete apron in your neighborhoods.

52:50

Yeah, it's that concrete apron runs as right to the foundation of his home here.

53:03

Yes.

53:04

I like the brick look, and I mean I don't know if I've got to talk to my contractor about that, but we did have that before.

53:11

I actually install that myself very slowly.

53:14

Yeah, there it's more this way.

53:18

Right, and you can also see that apron next to 86 main street, it runs the whole length of this house.

53:24

I don't know why that's in there for the I can't afford a good three building outway.

53:33

I'm gonna be like this is very and it does not hold up as well as shift to the arms.

53:46

I have to take it.

53:53

I guess I'm I'm struggling to see.

53:57

I I talk about you know manager's potential archipelago, but I don't know.

54:03

I'm just not gonna see that to be your potential archipelago.

54:09

Yeah, it's an interesting question because in terms of hardship, I don't want I I want to contain water on my own property.

54:19

Not just for my neighborhood.

54:21

I mean, I have a foundation here today, so it's very narrow screen, but I'd like to be able to uh not have runoff in either correction.

54:42

And the twenty feet total is acceptable.

54:47

I see one feet from the street.

54:52

From right, from the street.

54:53

It's a five-foot acre that everybody is supposed to have, and then I would add 15.

55:00

What I would call a hard surface that would comply.

55:17

Oppositional experience.

55:49

What's the best name development for it?

55:51

What's the public wheel feed in general?

55:59

Further discussion.

56:10

Did we go?

56:22

I just wanted to put it on the record.

56:26

Um just our last case is B 2025-27 James burial bills requesting variances for property in 318 store avenue to variance to rebuild a non-conforming structure and reduce the size step.

57:31

Thank you all for taking our feet.

58:04

And then we're already in the back.

58:34

So rebuild this on the point of the article.

58:46

One of the college that was made is one of the same.

59:13

The one corner of that.

1:00:06

Okay.

1:00:36

So that was just the screen.

1:00:54

Same public here is closed.

1:01:05

Well there it's the uh crack here and uh the application could be definitely interesting just fine to probably be up to point three.

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Summary of Proceedings

Marietta City Council Meeting of February 23, 2026

The Marietta City Board convened on February 23, 2026, to review four variance applications regarding property setbacks, structure heights, driveway materials, and non-conforming structures. The meeting included detailed testimony from property owners, objections from neighbors, and deliberations on maintaining community safety and property standards while addressing individual hardships.

Consent Calendar

  • The board unanimously proceeded to discuss the agenda items without a formal separate consent calendar roll call for routine approvals, moving directly into public comment on the first variance.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Jose Miguel Mayna Morales (Applicant): Stated that the variance is necessary because the primary structure was measured at 15 feet 6 inches, placing it two feet over the limit, though he noted the peak and flat roof measurements might fall differently. He indicated a willingness to lower the structure or move it to resolve the issue.
  • Neighbor (Opposition): Expressed full opposition to the variance. The speaker argued the structure is not only taller than the neighbor's house but specifically 5 to 7 feet taller due to being built on a fill hill. Concerns were raised regarding privacy, as the structure overlooks the backyard, the safety hazard of a fence built backwards with exposed nails, and the lack of previous communication from the applicant during construction.
  • Mr. Daffazelli (Representing Crown Transmissions): Expressed support for a low-volume car sales operation. He stated his business has operated for 30 years with no citations, described his property as exceptionally clean with no oil spots or grass areas, and emphasized that the new vehicle sales volume would be low. He argued noise is not an issue due to the location next to a jet engine testing facility and a shooting range, and that he maintains strict control over property access.
  • David and Melissa Darden (Applicants): Stated their goal is to rebuild a family home that has been in their wife's family for over 100 years. They expressed support for a shale driveway to match the historic aesthetic of the neighborhood and to manage water runoff, proposing a 20-foot hardened apron to prevent shale from entering the right-of-way. They also requested a variance for a front setback to accommodate a library room that extends six inches beyond the limit due to a construction decision.

Discussion Items

  • Case V 2025-41 (554 Bowling Street - Accessory Structure): Council members discussed the neighbor's testimony regarding the structure's height relative to the hill and privacy concerns. The speaker who opposed the variance noted the fence was built

Meeting Transcript

Six o'clock. Well we'll call the order of the February twenty-third 2026 very board sort of bills meeting. Everyone that is here in favor of application is a total of 20 minutes to present a test to the board. Likewise, if there's anybody in an opposition to the fans. And if we're doing Bobby would say turn your phones on. Okay. Um first thing on the agenda is to approve the methods from paper was our last meeting. All the stuff right here. Okay, the first case is V 2025-41. Jose Miguel Mayna Morales is requesting a variance for property at 554 Bowling Street. This is a variance for just a rear setback for an accessory structure and a variance to allow an accessory structure to exceed the height of the principals from that with the four spectrum. We're here for a structure drive for anything else. Umber um does that all you have to say? Um the last meeting. I don't remember if you put something else in the city. Okay. Okay. Um like to say you guys sent the city sent someone to call me some. Well, do you understand uh the um when the city came out with the measurements that they give you the results of the measurements? Oh no, they want to wait until uh he's only got a technical thing maximum. What the five uh then have uh six feet. Seventeen feet to six inches. Okay. And um the primary structure. It was measured at 15 feet and six inches. So we're about two feet too tall for the structure. Right. That would that way. It seems like the peak is where we're measuring anything back in a flat roof, or even like a that might fall under the 15 feet or something. Correct. Um they would still have an issue to put place in. Right. But that would just be front fight back versus that. Is there anyone here that has a post area to make one down? And you said that comic price. I like directly behind. And then the two people side behind me for both the boys to this game. And not only is it taller than their house, it's also up on the hill. So it's more like five or six feet taller than their house. Because that's not one of them because then they pushed all the dirt and flat in my backyard and built a hill at the back of this property. So it's also up, it's like it's much more than two feet taller. Um also it's it's it's closer to my house than house. They built the privacy things and they built it the wrong way. And they've also built two other structures in the backyard seats as well. And I haven't said anything about those even bothering me, but the one overlooking my backyard and close to my house, it's awesome. It's it's also it's taken away from the body of my property because overlooking my backyard. But it's it's just it's I asked them when they started building asked them what they were doing, and then he kept building. And I put it complaining in the city while they were building it, and then built a structure in their front yard that they didn't even got they got hit off and didn't realize the structure I was talking about was in the back. So it's like uh you can see Officer Bryars, but then it notes how you hit on the front door. And if you look at the pictures you took from my yard, you can see how their fence is built the wrong way.

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