Public Hearing: YES ☒ NO ☐ Department: Planning & Sustainability
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 03 Super District 07
Application of Venture South Investment, LLC c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone property from C-1 (Local Commercial) zoning district to C-2 (General Commercial) zoning district to allow for the consolidation of the property with adjacent C-2 zoned properties to allow for a proposed grocery store with retail shops, at 3221 Glenwood Road.
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PETITION NO: N4-2025-0287 Z-25-1247428
PROPOSED USE: Grocery store with retail shops.
LOCATION: 3221 Glenwood Road, Decatur, Georgia 30032
PARCEL NO. : 15 170 13 088
INFO. CONTACT: John Reid, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155
PURPOSE:
Application of Venture South Investment, LLC c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone property from C-1 (Local Commercial) zoning district to C-2 (General Commercial) zoning district to allow for the consolidation of the property with adjacent C-2 zoned properties to allow for a proposed grocery store with retail shops.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (April 2025) Approval with conditions.
PLANNING COMMISSION: (May 6, 2025) Approval with Conditions.
PLANNING STAFF: Approval with Conditions_rev. 05.12.2025.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The Applicant is seeking to develop a commercial/retail development on an assemblage of seven (7) parcels at the intersection of Glennwood Road and Candler Road owned by Mack III Development, LLC and HLC, LLC (the “Project Site”). The property at 3221 Glenwood Road being Tax Parcel 15 170 13 088 (the “Subject Property”) located at the intersection of Glenhill Place and Glenwood Road is a portion of the Project Site. The Subject Property is currently zoned C-1 and is located within the Commercial Redevelopment Corridor CRC) Land Use Designation. The balance of the Project Site is zoned C-2. Therefore, for the Subject Property to be consolidated into one parcel with the balance of the Project Site it must also be zoned C-2, which is why the Applicant is seeking this proposed rezoning. This property will be part of a project for a grocery store and retail uses. There is also a companion case (CZ-25-1247427, 1816 Candler Road) for a major modification of zoning conditions to allow a grocery store to have access to Glenhill Place. However, since the subject property is not in the I-20 Overlay District and the adjacent properties to the west are within the I-20 Overlay District, the I-20 Overlay boundary would need to be extended to encompass this property in order for the entire project to fall under the same I-20 Overlay/C-2 designation. This process would require a text amendment and endorsement by the District and Super District Commissioner, and Staff has placed this text amendment on the July 2025 agenda cycle. Staff is supportive of the rezoning to C-2 as it is consistent with the adjacent underlying C-2 base zoning and will allow for the entire project to be developed under one zoning district. Therefore, upon review of Section 7.3.5 of the Zoning Ordinance (Standards and factors governing review of proposed amendments to the official zoning map) , it is the recommendation of the Planning & Sustainability Department that the application be “Approved with the attached conditions”.
PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE: (May 6, 2025) Approval with Conditions 6-0-0. Vivian Moore moved, Edward Patton seconded for approval with two (2) conditions, per Staff recommendation.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL VOTE/RECOMMENDATION: (April 2025) Approval with conditions 8-0-1. Council recommended approval with the following conditions: 1) provide sound barrier and a substantial beautification buffer for the single-family community to the east to minimize truck traffic noise and visual impacts; and, 2) restrict land uses and standards of the property at the corner of Glenhill Place and Glenwood Road (3221 Glenwood) to align with the I-20 Overlay District.