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File #: PZ 24-014    Version: 1
Type: Rezoning Status: Public Hearing
File created: 4/23/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/21/2024 Final action:
Title: Rezoning Request for a 29.6-acre tract, to rezone from R-30 (county) to PUD-R (city). The property is located at 5500 Elliott Road within land lots 598, 599, 660, 661, of the 19th district, 2nd section, Cobb County Georgia. PIN: 19066000060.
Attachments: 1. Elliott Rd. Overall Site Plan 09092024. Reference Northern Parcel, 2. Traton Homes Elevations, 3. 24-117 - Trip Generation Memo - Elliot Road Res Dev, City of Powder Springs, GA, 4. PZ24-014. site plan, TSW mark-up, floodplain impact, renderings., 5. Signed PZ 24-014 Motion to Table to 09-16-24, 6. Tabled Motion to July 15th PZ 24-014, 7. List of Requested Variances, 8. Rezoning Application - 5500 Elliott Road - 04-23-2024 Redacted, 9. Site Map Location, 10. Site Plan - 04-22-2024 Redacted, 11. Survey - 04-03-2024 Redacted, 12. Cobb County Notice_of_Non-Objection_5500_Elliott Rd Redacted, 13. PZ 24-014 Tabled to Oct 21, 14. Approved PZ 24-014
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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