STAFF REPORT
CASE NUMBER: PZ 21-038. Variance request to vary Section 8-64 of the UDC
APPLICANT: TWIGS Farmers Market, LLC. Owner: Bo Wisdom. Represented by Battle Law P.C.
PETITION: Variance Application to vary Section 8-64 of the UDC: Dedication of Right-of-Way for Existing Substandard Streets. To allow the development of the proposed TWIGS Farmers Market Grocery Store.
LOCATION: 3815 Hopkins Road within land lot 869 of the 19th District, 2nd Section, and Cobb County, Georgia.
ZONING: NRC (Cobb County) ACRES: 1.17 PIN: 19086900020.
STAFF RECCOMMENDATION: Denial.
BACKGROUND: The applicant proposes developing this site for the TWIGS Farmer's Market, a wellness-based grocery store concept. Hopkins Road is classified as a major collector and requires and 80' right-of-way (R/W). The existing right-of-way on Hopkins is 50'. The applicant is required to dedicate half of the right-of-way needed to be code compliant. In this case that is 15'. The applicant is requesting a 10' reduction in the right-of-way dedication requirement. Sec 8 - 64 provides that "developments that adjoin an existing street that does not meet the right-of-way width required by this development code for said street as classified, shall dedicate up to one-half of the right-of-way needed to meet the minimum right-of-way width required for the street along the entire property frontage."
Figure 1. Proposed Site Plan. Full version in attached to agenda.
SURROUNDING AREA:
3815 Hopkins Road is located withing Cobb County's jurisdiction and forms an unincorporated island within the city limits of Powder Springs. The site is zoned NRC in the County. The subject site is located at the intersection of Hopkins and Powder Springs Road. The immediate area has three separate residential developments currently underway. Smith Douglas Homes will develop 34 townhomes (Preston East) adjacent to the subject site. This development stretches ...
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