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Public Hearing - Zoning Request Z19-014 - Modification of site plan for 130 unit townhome development at Riverview Landing - 22.57 Acres - Land Lots 171, 172 - Riverview Road - The Ardent Companies, LLC
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ISSUE: The applicant is requesting a zoning amendment to modify the site plan and building elevations for a portion of the 82-acre mixed use Riverview Landing development. The applicant is proposing to replace the 65 single family detached units with 129 townhomes. This would increase the total townhomes units in the development to 317 units, and remove single family detached product from the development. The subject property is located on the northern side of Riverview Road and to the east of Nichols Drive (See zoning vicinity map). The site plan that was adopted as part of Zoning Case Z13-005, reflecting sixty-five (65) single family detached units on the subject property. The applicant is proposing to build a 129-unit townhome development in the place of the single family detached units. All other aspects of the master Riverview Landing site plan would remain unchanged.
BACKGROUND: The Riverview Landing development was originally approved by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners (BOC) on March 15, 2011 by a vote of 4-1. Prior to rezoning, the project received positive findings on the required Development of Regional Impact (DRI) review from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). As part of the rezoning of the property, the County BOC added zoning stipulations that required the development to meet the recommendations outlined by GRTA and ARC in the DRI review. Between the rezoning in Cobb and the annexation into Smyrna, the applicant demolished the existing buildings, removed all debris and partially graded the site. The subject property was annexed and rezoned into Smyrna on November 18, 2013 by a vote of 7-0 (Zoning ...
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