CASE NUMBER: PZ 24-014
APPLICANT: Traton Homes; Represented by Kevin Moore.
REZONING REQUEST: Rezone from R-30 (county) to PUD-R (city).
LOCATION: 5500 Elliott Road within land lots 598, 599, 660, 661, of the 19th district, 2nd section, Cobb County Georgia.
ZONING: R-30 Cobb County. ACRES: 29.6 acres. PIN: 19066000060
Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL. Planning and Zoning: APPROVAL.
BACKGROUND: Locally owned Traton Homes has been building homes in metro-Atlanta for over 50 Years. They recently completed Tapp Farms in Powder Springs, and West Oak Trace on Hill Road is currently being developed.
For the site at Elliot Road, they are proposing to develop a product similar to what is featured at the Tapp Farm Subdivision on Powder Springs Road.
Cobb County has provided a Notice of Non-Objection.
Request Summary
* Annexation: The applicant proposes to annex the subject property from Cobb County into the City of Powder Springs.
* Rezoning: The applicant requests to rezone the property from R-30 (County) to PUD-R (City).
* Traton Homes is proposing a 40-unit subdivision: 24 detached units, and 16 townhome units.
* To be developed on the northern unincorporated Island on Elliot Road. This will be developed concurrently as a unified residential subdivision with the southern parcels of the unincorporated island on Elliot Road, as referenced in figure 2.
Existing Conditions
* The property is mostly undeveloped and approximately 20-acres of the 30-acre site not developable due to floodplain and stream buffers on the site.
* Residential uses prevail in the area along Elliot Road.
* The site is an unincorporated island, located next to the Silver Brook Subdivision on Elliot Road.
* Currently zoned R-30 in Cobb County. Detached single-family residential prevails on all sides.
Potential Impacts
* The development will expand the city's boundary, while reducing the size of the unincorporated island that stretches across Elliot Road.
* Traffic: The development...
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