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Public Hearing - Zoning Request Z16-019 - Modification of zoning stipulation requiring a clubhouse and pool as an amenity feature - 17.77 Acres - Land Lots 168 & 178 - Veterans Memorial Parkway & Brookside Village Parkway - J&A Construction & Homebuilders
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ISSUE: J&A Construction and Home Builders would like to amend zoning stipulation #10 from Z-149 (Cobb County) to remove the requirement for a 2,400 sq. ft. clubhouse and replace it with a cabana. The cabana will serve the pool and will provide a covered gathering area, with bathrooms and storage rooms for the pool equipment. The applicant believes this proposed amendment meets the original intent of the zoning condition to provide an active amenity area, as well as reduces the scale of the amenity down to a more manageable amenity for the subdivision HOA. The Brookside Lake Manor subdivision will be a private development with private infrastructure. In addition to the amenity feature, the HOA will be responsible for the maintenance of the roads, water system, sewer system and stormwater management facilities.
BACKGROUND: The subject property was originally rezoned in Cobb County from RM-12 & PSC to RM-12-Conditional (Z-149) for the demolition of an existing apartment complex and the development 156 townhome units. In 2007, the developer received a land disturbance permit from Cobb County and demolished the existing apartment complex. The developer did not proceed with any other work due to the downturn in the economy. The subject property remained idle and vacant from 2007 to 2015. The applicant approached the city at the end of 2015 to annex the subject property into the city with the same zoning conditions approved by Cobb County. In December of 2015, the city annexed the subject property with the same zoning conditions approved by Cobb County. The developer has been issued a land disturbance permit in Smyrna and has star...
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