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Public Hearing - Zoning Request Z16-013 - Modification to currently approved site plan and building elevations - 1.9 Acres - Land Lot 490 - Southeast corner of the intersection of Windy Hill Road and Belmont Place - Halpern Enterprises, Inc.
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ISSUE: Halpern Enterprises, Inc. is requesting a zoning amendment to modify the currently approved site plan and building elevations for the Belmont Hills redevelopment project. The applicant is proposing the following changes:
1. Modification of the undeveloped section (Phase II) of POD A. The applicant is proposing to eliminate the proposed 18,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail and build a two-story 31,600 sq. ft. medical office building;
2. Approval for the modification of the building elevation. The applicant has provided renderings of the new medical office building; and
3. Approval of a new monument sign for the medical office building.
BACKGROUND: The City of Smyrna originally rezoned the Belmont Hills project on January 20, 2009 from GC & R-15 to Mixed Use - Conditional. The approved project was a mixed use development providing a variety of uses, including; retail shops, restaurants, office space, independent living senior housing, luxury apartments, condominiums, townhomes and single-family detached housing. The approved development was planned to have a maximum of 127,088 square feet of commercial space and a maximum of 902 residential units. As part of the initial rezoning, the applicant provided a zoning plan, building elevations and street cross-sections. The rezoning was approved based on the specific zoning plan, elevations and street cross sections, along with several zoning conditions. If any of these items were to significantly change the applicant would have to come back to Mayor and Council for approval of the changes.
The overall mixed use project has been amended several times to deal with changes in the location of...
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