File # PZ 21-031
APPLICATION: Special Use
PETITION: The applicant, Maria Adele Travis, is initiating a Special Use approval to allow a fitness center located in the Central Business District (CBD).
LOCATION: 4469 Marietta Street Land Lots: 875, 19th Districts, Powder Springs, Georgia.
ACRES: 0.17 acres Parcel ID #: 19087500370 Zoning: Central Business District
Prepared By: Community Development
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Background Information:
The applicant is proposing a personal training studio in which services will be offered on a one or small group basis. The proposed fitness studio will also provide nutritional consultation, health assessments, sales of fitness apparel and nutrition supplements. Per Table 2-3 of the Unified Development Code, a fitness center within the Central Business District (CBD) requires a Special Use approval. "The CBD zoning district is intended foster a unique sense of place and identity for the city. This intent can be achieved by providing for an appropriate mixture of land uses and intensity of development conducive to maintaining the downtown area as a focal point for civic activities and traditional "main street" retail commercial and service uses. The CBD zoning district is also intended to provide for a vibrant mix of land uses within easy walking distance of abutting and adjacent neighborhoods, including commercial, office, various forms of housing, civic uses, and parks and recreation areas."
Surrounding Area: The subject site is surrounded by various commercial uses all located within the Central Business District (CBD). The uses surrounding the subject site includes a bookstore, restaurants, city hall, hair salon, tax service office, and the recently built park. There are also two townhome development within less than two (2) miles of the subject use.
Analysis:
Special Use approval requests are reviewed by criteria set forth in Article 13 of the Unified Development Code. Based on the analysis in this ...
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