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Public Hearing - Zoning Request Z17-011 - Zoning Amendment to modify the currently approved site plan and building elevations - 3.3 Acres - Land Lot 490 - Northwest corner of the intersection of Atlanta Road and Belmont Boulevard - David Weekley Homes.
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ISSUE: The applicant (David Weekly Homes) has contracted with Halpern Enterprises, Inc. to purchase 3.3 acres of land known as POD B of the Belmont Redevelopment Project. David Weekly Homes intends to develop the property into a community of 59 single-family detached homes at a density of 17.97 units per acre. The homes to be constructed in the community will be zero lot line homes with approximately three feet (3’) of building separation.
The proposed zoning amendment will result in the redesign of POD B at the Belmont Redevelopment Project. The original zoning of the property zoned POD B to a specific site plan, which reflected 11,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail in two buildings along Atlanta Road and a four-story mixed use building with 164 units of independent senior housing and 5,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail space wrapped around a parking garage. David Weekley Homes is proposing the elimination of the four-story mixed use building with the 164 units of independent housing and the 5,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail space and replacing it with 59 detached townhomes. The 11,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail space along Atlanta Road is proposed to remain and not part of this application.
BACKGROUND: The City of Smyrna originally rezoned the Belmont Hills project on January 20, 2009 from GC & R-15 to Mixed Use - Conditional (Zoning Case Z08-006). 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 ...
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