header-left
File #: 2017-314    Version: Name: Zoning Request Z17-014
Type: Authorization Status: Public Hearing
File created: 8/10/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/21/2018 Final action: 5/21/2018
Title: Public Hearing Only - Zoning Request Z17-014 - Rezoning from NS & OI to MU-Conditional for the development of a mixed use project with 310 multi-family units, a hotel, 15,000 sq. ft. of retail space and 80,000 sq. ft. of office space - 8.7 Acres - Land Lots 880 & 881 - 2800 & 2810 Spring Road - Westplan Investors Acquisitions, LLC -
Sponsors: Derek Norton
Attachments: 1. Issue Sheet, 2. Saff Memo_V.2_Z17-014.pdf, 3. Zoning Vicinity Map_Z17-014.pdf, 4. Land Use Vicinity Map_Z17-014.pdf, 5. Rezoning Application_Z17-014.pdf, 6. Annexation Application_Z17-014.pdf, 7. Site plan_V.2_Z17-014.pdf, 8. Building Elevations_V.2_Z17-014.pdf, 9. Cobb County Annexation Response_Z17-014.pdf, 10. Garvis Sams Letter_03262018_Z17-014.pdf, 11. Garvis Sams Letter_03062018_Z17-014.pdf, 12. Garvis Sams Letter_02022018_Z17-014.pdf, 13. Garvis Sams Letter_08072017Z17-014.pdf, 14. GRTA Notice of Decision_Z17-014.pdf, 15. GRTA Technical Analysis_Z17-014.pdf, 16. ARC Final Report - Emerson Center DRI 2764_Z17-014pdf.pdf, 17. ARC Preliminary Report - Emerson Center DRI 2764.pdf, 18. DRI Letter of Understanding_Z17-014.pdf, 19. DRI Notice of Decision_Z17-014.pdf, 20. Emerson Center_DRI_COC_Z17-014.pdf, 21. Emerson Center Preliminary DRI 11-01-17.pdf, 22. Traffic Study_Z17-014.pdf, 23. Legal Ad_Z17-014.pdf
Impact
WARD: 1

COMMITTEE: Community Development

$ IMPACT: N/A

Title
Public Hearing Only - Zoning Request Z17-014 - Rezoning from NS & OI to MU-Conditional for the development of a mixed use project with 310 multi-family units, a hotel, 15,000 sq. ft. of retail space and 80,000 sq. ft. of office space - 8.7 Acres - Land Lots 880 & 881 - 2800 & 2810 Spring Road - Westplan Investors Acquisitions, LLC -

Body
ISSUE: Westplan Acquisitions, LLC is requesting to annex and rezone the property at 2800 & 2810 Spring Road from Neighborhood Shopping (NS) and Office/Institutional (OI) to Mixed Use (MU) - Conditional for the development of a mixed use development consisting of a hotel, an office building, a retail/office building and a multi-family development.

The proposed mixed use development will have the following uses:
1. A 6 to 12 story hotel (126,000 sq. ft.), which will accommodate 140 to 250 rooms with associated structured parking below the hotel. The hotel will be located near Spring Road.
2. A 5 to 6 story multi-family building consisting of 310 apartment units wrapped around a 5 to 6 story parking deck with 465 parking spaces. The multi-family building will be 389,333 sq. ft. in floor area with an average unit size of 900 sq. ft The multi-family building will be located towards the rear of the property along I-285.
3. A 3 to 4 story office building containing 80,000 sq. ft. of floor area with frontage on I-285.
4. A two-story flex retail/office building with 7,500 sq. ft. of retail space on the bottom floor and 7,500 sq. ft. of office/commercial space on the second floor over the retail, located along Spring Road.


BACKGROUND: The zoning request was heard by the Planning and Zoning Board at the April 9, 2018 meeting and was recommended for denial by a vote of 6-0.

RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: If the proposed development is viewed as providing "mixed uses", then one could say in a broad sense that it is "generally consistent" with the land u...

Click here for full text