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File #: PZ 24-026    Version: 1
Type: Variance Status: Passed
File created: 7/1/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/19/2024 Final action: 8/19/2024
Title: Floodplain Variance. To allow development activity related to grading and earth works in the floodplain. The Property is located 2820 Macedonia Rd, within Land Lots 716, 764 and 765, 19th District, 2nd Section, Cobb County, Georgia. PINs: 19071700130 (portion), 19079000010, 19076500020, 19071800040, 19071700140
Code sections: Article 10 - Floodplain Management
Attachments: 1. Executed PZ 24-026, 2. Flood Protection Variance - Macedonia Phase II_SMH notarized Redacted, 3. Macedonia Phase II - Flood Variance - Grading Exhibit Redacted
Related files: RPT 24-064
PZ 24-026
APPLICANT: Stanley Martin Homes.
FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE: To allow development activity related to grading and earth works in the floodplain.
LOCATION: 2820 Macedonia Road. Barrett at Macedonia MXU Project
ZONING: MXU

Staff Recommendation: Approval. Planning and Zoning: Approval.

BACKGROUND:
The subject site was annexed and rezoned from R-20, LRO and NRC in the County to MXU in the city; approved April 3, 2023The mixed-use development will feature the following:
* Single-family Detached Housing: 51 Units
* Single-family Attached Housing: 98 Units
* Multifamily Housing: 297 Units
* Retail: 11,000 square feet.

The applicants request a floodplain variance to cut and fill within the flood plain, as demonstrated in figure 4. Land disturbance within the floodplain is necessary to construct the referenced development as approved at zoning. The disturbance of the floodplain in the form of fill will be minimized to an area of 0.08 acres and will be offset by an area of cut as shown in the attached grading exhibit in figure 4.
Code Requirements
I. Sec. 10-32 (d) of the ordinance discusses the requirements for impact on the flood elevations. This is applicable for both 100-yr existing and 100-yr future floodplain.

d) Granting of the variance will not result in increased flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, or creation of a nuisance.

II. Sec 10-15 and 10-16 of the ordinance list additional requirements for engineering study and the prohibited conditions for changes to flow characteristics - depth and velocity of the waters, continuing maintenance. (Included in the Appendix of this report)

III. As-built No-Rise Study and Certification will document that the as-built development meets the requirements in the ordinance.


SURROUNDING AREA:
The subject site is located at the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Macedonia Road. Nearby uses include residential subdivisions, ...

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