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File #: PZ 18--035
APPLICATION: Hardship Variance, Paran Homes Sweetwater Landing Townhouses
PETITION: The applicant, Paran Homes, is requesting a hardship variance to reduce the front setback from 35 feet to 15 feet; reduce the rear setback from 20 feet to 15 feet on lots 32-45 as indicated on site plan (internal island).
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST: reduce the front setback from 35 feet to 15 feet; reduce the rear setback from 20 feet to 15 feet on lots 32-45 as indicated on site plan (internal island only).
LOCATION: Land Lots 825 and 878, 19th Districts, Powder Springs, Georgia.
ACRES: 5.69 acres with a density of 7.91 units per acre Zoning: MDR
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Background:
The subject site that has been rezoned from Community Retail Commercial (CRC) to Medium Density Residential (MDR) zoning district to facilitate a townhome development consisting of 45 units. The rezoning application was approved on September 17, 2018 with the following condition:
The Rezoning of the Subject Property shall be from CRC to MDR. The applicant shall provide a site plan meeting all requirements of the UDC, except those varied by the concurrent variance application. This site plan shall show that two cars can fit in the driveway without blocking the sidewalk and the private open space requirement of the MDR zoning district.
When the applicant presented the land disturbance plan, staff noted that the site did not meet the setbacks of the Medium Density Residential (MDR) zoning district. After discussing the project with the applicant and the project engineer, it was determined that the setback was calculated using the entire project site rather than the individual parcels. The Unified Development Code requires that setbacks be calculated for each individual parcel. The site plan as approved at the rezoning, is not feasible without a variance for setback. Furthermore, the MDR zoning district requires a front setback of 35 feet, and a rear setback of 20 feet. The adjacen...
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