STAFF REPORT: PZ 21 - 053
APPLICANT: Casey Walker, CSC Properties.
PETITION: Special Use Request: To allow a Convenience Store with gas pumps within a CRC
zoned district.
LOCATION: 4560 Brownsville Road within land lot 1046 of the 19th District, 2nd Section, and Cobb County, Georgia.
ZONING: CRC ACRES: 1.84 PIN: 19104600270
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Denial
BACKGROUND: The applicant proposes to develop a 4500 SF convenience store with 5 Multiple Product Dispensers (MPD's or Pump Stations). Rendering submitted shows Shell as the petrol brand. Three pad-ready development sites currently exist at this location, with 4560 Brownsville is the middle of two other potential development pad ready sites.
On May 3, 2021 City Council approved the rezoning from CRC to MXU of the large undeveloped tract at the intersection Brownsville and Oglesby (shown on Figure 4). Selig Enterprises will develop a highly-amenitized residential community with 348 luxury apartment units on 22.3 acres in two phases, at density of 15.61 units per acre. This potential development site of the gas station is located southwest of this new proposed mixed-use development.
The property was annexed into the City in 2005 and zoned CRC with conditions. The site plan shown in Figure 1 proposed a bank, a pharmacy, and a restaurant for the three development pads at with this location. Special Use Approval for the drive through restaurant was approved in 2005.
Figure 1. Historical Site Plan associated with the sites Annexation and Rezoning in 2005.
SURROUNDING AREA: This corridor of Brownsville road is predominantly commercial where CRC zoning prevails throughout the area. Adjacent to the west and separated by a tree buffer at the rear of the subject site is R-20 zoning in the County. Three service stations (Figure 4) are currently in operation within a half mile of the subject site: Sunoco, Kroger Fuel Center, and Valero.
Figure 2. 4560 ...
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