STAFF REPORT
CASE NUMBER: PZ 21-034. Rezoning: OI to R15, 3991 Sharon Drive.
APPLICANT: Mr. & Mrs. Casey and Lenoa Gary.
PETITION: Rezoning Application to rezone from OI to R15. The property is located at 3991 Sharon Drive within land lot 905 of the 19th District, 2nd Section, and Cobb County, Georgia.
LOCATION: 3991 Sharon Drive.
REZONING: OI to R15 ACRES: 0.844 PIN: 19090500050
STAFF RECCOMMENDATION: APPROVAL.
BACKGROUND:
The applicants purchased the property at 3991 Sharon Drive in 2020 with the intent of residing at the property. The applicants have indicated that rezoning from commercial to residential would help to reduce their tax burden. The current zoning is OI and the applicant are requesting to rezone to R15. The previous owners of the property used it as a residence. Staff's research found no recent business license registrations at that address. Inspecting old zoning maps revealed that the property was zoned R-15 in 1989. The 1992 map shows R-15 too but OI is written on the map for the Sharon Drive parcels. So, the change to OI might have happened between '89 and '92.
Staff consulted Cobb's Tax assessor's office and confirmed that a commercial or residential classification affects the appraised market value of the property, and not the tax rate itself. However, it is not conclusive whether this property would be appraised lower or higher if it were zoned residential. The analysis and factors under consideration by the appraisers are different for residential and commercial classifications. Appraisals for each condition would need to be compared to determine whether the appraised property value would increase or decrease.
Analyzing the tax assessor's records revealed that the previous owners had Homestead Excemptions, that the Gary's do not. From the county records, the total estimated county tax for the years 2019, ...
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