STAFF REPORT: PZ 22 - 008. Variance Request: Story Road.
APPLICANT: David Pearson Communities, Inc. Represented by Kevin Moore.
VARIANCE REQUEST: Request to vary following sections of Unified Development Code:
1. Table 2-2 to reduce side setbacks from 10 feet to 5 feet.
2. Sec. 15 - 108 (a) to reduce the minimum required conservation area for a Conservation Subdivision from 40% to 20%.
RELATED CASES: Annexation Ordinance #: ORD 22 - 002. Rezoning Request: PZ 22 - 004.
LOCATION: 5550 and 5556 Story Road, within land lots 820, 821, 883, 882 of the 19th District, 2nd Section, and Cobb County, Georgia.
ZONING: R-30 (Cobb County) ACREAGE: 49.77ac PINs: 19088300010 (portion), 19088300150.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
BACKGROUND: The site plan under consideration does not comply with the minimum requirements for side setbacks and required conservation area for a Conservation Subdivision in the R-15 zoning district. The applicant proposes to develop 117 residential units at a density of 2.35 units per acre. The total tract acreage is 49.77 acres and the total open space to be placed in conservation is 10.45 acres or 21% where the minimum requirement is 40%. The proposed side setback is 5 feet where the minimum requirement is 10 feet. The applicable code sections are referenced below:
Sec. 15-105. Building Setbacks in Conservation Subdivisions. (Excerpt)
All lots within conservation subdivisions shall remain subject to the required minimum principal building setback from side property lines as established in Table 2-2 for the zoning district in which the conservation subdivision is located, with no reductions permitted except by variance.
Sec. 15-108. Specifications for Open Space in Conservation Subdivisions.
(a) Percentage of site. A conservation subdivision shall provide at least 40% of the total area to be subdivided as permanently protected open space.
Table 2-2. (Excer...
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