License and Variance Board - A. Max Bacon City Hall - Council Chambers — Minutes
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January 14, 2026 10:00 AM City of Smyrna License and Variance Board Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Page 11 of 15 The applicant understands and agrees to the three stipulations read into record. A public hearing was called, and no one came forward in favor of or in opposition to this item. Board Member Andrea Worthy made a motion to approve V26-003; seconded by Board Member Eric Mohrmann. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 3 – Chairperson Garland, Board Member Worthy, Board Member Mohrmann Nay: 0 – None Recuse: 0 – None N. V26-004 Public Hearing - Variance Request - V26-004 - Increase the maximum allowable impervious surface area from 35% to 45.81% - Land Lot 556 - 3371 Pretty Branch Drive - Kevin Ramirez Ward 6 Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember - Tim Gould Caitlin Crowe, Land Development Services Coordinator, provided the following background: The subject parcel is a 0.49-acre lot on the east side of Pretty Branch Drive. The subject parcel and all adjacent parcels are zoned R-20 and are all occupied by single-family detached residences. The property is currently occupied by a two-story single-family home, built in 2009, and an in-ground swimming pool, built in 2015. The swimming pool was permitted in 2015 by the previous homeowner, with a 34.6% impervious surface area on the property. In October 2025, the new homeowner (who purchased the home in 2020) submitted a permit application (RBP-25-525) to extend the patio roof at the rear of the home. During plan review, it was discovered that the pool contractor went outside the limits of the approved permit in 2015 and substantially expanded the pool decking without the proper variance for increased impervious surface area. As it exists today, the property has a 45.37% impervious surface area, which is 10.37% (or 2,124 square feet) above the allowable maximum. Once the applicant was alerted to the code violation, the variance application was submitted. The applicant is requesting to increase the impervious surface area above the maximum 35% in order to extend the roof over the rear patio. The majority of the roof will be over the existing stone patio, but there will be an additional 90 square feet of impervious area to bring the roof in line with the side of the existing home. Thus the variance request is to increase the impervious surface area from 35% to 45.81%. Since the increase in impervious surface area occurred in 2015 with no negative impacts and there is less than 100 square feet of addition of land disturbing activity, the Engineering Department has determined that no remediation is required in order to support the variance. Community Development believes the variance is the minimum variance needed to expand the existing roof on the property and bring the property into compliance. Strict application of the ordinance would deny the applicant any ability to modify any portion of the property since the existing impervious area is already over the maximum allowable