CASE NUMBER: PZ 22 - 003.
APPLICANT: Traton, LLC. Represented by Kevin Moore.
PETITION: Request to rezone from CRC to PUD-R.
LOCATION: Lewis Road and Oglesby Road and C.H. James parkway, within the 19th District, 2nd Section, Land Lots 1049 and 1050, Cobb County, Georgia.
CURRENT ZONING: CRC ACREAGE: 12.7 acres
PINs: 19104900110, 19104900010, 19104900020, 19104900120, 19105000010.
REQUESTED VARIANCES:
1. Variance to Sec 2 - 32 (d) to waive requirement to plant street trees in front townhome units in PUD-R.
2. Variance to Sec 12 -13 to waive requirement to maintain 75% of existing tree canopy.
3. Variance to allow minimum horizontal road centerline radius of 37 feet.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS: DENIAL.
BACKGROUND: The proposed site falls within the boundary of the Downtown Development Overlay and the Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) boundary. The applicant proposes developing 65 townhomes at a density of 5.1 units per acre on a site of total tract acreage of. 12.7 acres. The site is currently Zoned CRC and covers an area with future land development designation of Neighborhood Activity Center (NAC). The Future Development Map (figure 5) shows an area of Professional Employment Center within the subject site. However, it is important to note that this is due to an error in the map - the planners assumed a street split the site for the recent update to the Future Development Map.
The annexation and rezoning of the subject site were approved on November 4th, 2002. The subject site was rezoned to CRC, and the adjacent lands where Springbrook Estates is now located, was rezoned for residential use.
An assessment of housing sales data provided by MarketNsight shows that the demand for single family housing in the McEachern High school district far outstrips the available inventory of new and ex...
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