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File #: PZ 24-020    Version: 1
Type: Rezoning Status: Passed
File created: 6/10/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/21/2024 Final action: 10/21/2024
Title: Rezoning Request for a 18.22-acre tract, to rezone from R-30 to PUD-R. The property is located at 5535 + 5551 Powder Springs Dallas Road within land lots 734, 735, 746 of the 19th district, 2nd section, Cobb County Georgia. PIN: 19073400030, 19074600050.
Indexes: MIT FY 24 - Managed Growth
Attachments: 1. Revised Site Plan. 09.09.2024, 2. Traffic Assessment. 5535 Powder Springs Dallas Residential, 3. Signed PZ 24-020 Motion to Table to 09-16-24, 4. 2024.08.22 - Zoning Plan w highlighted variances, 5. State Waters Findings Report, 6. Elevations, 7. Rezoning Application. 5535, 5551 Powder Springs Dallas Road Redacted, 8. Revised Site Plan. 2024.07.29 -, 9. SIte Plan Redacted, 10. LEGAL DESCRIPTION, 11. PZ 24-020 Tabled to Oct 21
PZ 24-020 + PZ 24-021
APPLICANT: Blue River Development LLC
REZONING REQUEST: Rezone from R-30 to PUD-R.
FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE: To allow a road to cross the flood plain, cross the flood-way, and fill along the edge of the flood plain fringe where there is minimal impact.
LOCATION: 5535 + 5551 Powder Springs Dallas Road.
ZONING: R-30 Cobb ACRES: 18.22 ac. PINs: 19073400030, 19074600050.

Staff Recommendation: APPROVAL. Planning and Zoning: APPROVAL.

BACKGROUND: The proposed site contains two parcels each developed with a detached single-family home. The site is encumbered by floodplain and stream buffer impact, a is incumbered floodplain and stream buffers. The applicant is seeking a floodplain variance for development activity related to site grading and earthworks -there are no units being proposed within the floodplain nor stream buffers. The applicant also requests a stream buffer variance related to temporary access for construction activities.
The applicant initially proposed a subdivision of detached units; however, the plan has been improved through several rounds of staff + TSW review and applicant modification. The current version includes a mix of attached and detached single family units (26 single-family + 24 townhomes) with two amenities and heavily landscaped bioretention ponds and a walking trail alongside the larger bioretention basin. This plan accommodates the comments received from TSW, the planning and zoning commission and staff, to include rear loaded units, alleys, and bioretention. The townhome units are all rear loaded, 4 of which are drive under basement.
A similar residential development was approved in the immediate area in March 2022. The rezoning from LI to PUD-R (PZ21-049) was approved for the Alder Springs development, which is currently under construction and features a total of 64 attached and detached units, as well as a direct connection the Silver Comet Trail.

Request Summary
* Rezoning: The applicant requests to rezo...

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