Commissioners Scrap Marietta Recycling's Transfer Station

The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 this morning against an application for a special land-use permit allowing Marietta Recycling to operate a metal scrap yard and transfer station on Canton Road next to the complex.

The commissioners followed the recommendation of the county Planning Commission, which against Marietta Recycling's proposal.

Parks Huff, a partner of Sams, Larkin and Huff Law Firm, represented Snapfinger Properties/Marietta Recycling at the meeting. He told the board the facility would produce less traffic than the East Cobb Baseball property and would promote sustainability and recycling by .

In urging denial of the application, Carol Brown, the chairwoman and co-founder of Canton Road Neighbors, expressed concern about noise, pollutants and a setback to the Canton Road revitalization plan.

East Cobb Baseball board member, attorney and coach David Allen Roberts asked the board to deny the Marietta Recycling application because the facility's noise, dust and traffic could hurt the baseball complex's operation.