Site Plan Review - Downtown Redevelopment Overlay
Novare Group
Marietta Street, Pineview Drive and Jackson Way
Hotel Avenue, Lewis Road, Murray Avenue and Atlanta Street
Land Lots 875, 876, and 902
BACKGROUND
The applicant, Novare Group, with support of the City of Powder Springs Downtown Development Authority has applied for site plan approval under the provisions of the Downtown Redevelopment Overlay. The property is currently owned by the Downtown Development Authority. The application has been reviewed by City Staff, the Downtown Development Authority and the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The subject properties are located in the Downtown Redevelopment Overlay. The first site is located at Marietta Street, Pineview Drive and Jackson Way. The second site is located on Hotel Avenue, Lewis Road, Murray Avenue and Atlanta Street. The two areas are circled in red below. The properties are zoned Central Business District (CBD), with one portion zoned R-20. All property is located in the Downtown Redevelopment Overlay.
Existing use of subject property: The Subject Property contains land parcels that reside within the Downtown Redevelopment Overlay and that have underlying zoning classifications of CBD & R20. The Subject Property contains a combination of vacant land, municipal buildings, Old Lost Mountain Road (AKA Jackson Way) right-of-way and one (1) single-family residence.
The purpose of the Downtown Redevelopment Overlay is to provide for appropriate planned development of quality mixed-use projects within the City of Powder Springs LCI study and redevelopment area by allowing greater freedom of design, by improving the opportunity for flexibility and creativity in the land development process, by undertaking techniques which foster community and pedestrianism, and by limiting the expenditure of public funds in an effort to achieve the objectives and intent of the City's Comprehensive Plan and LCI Plan and Urban Redevelopment Plan.
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