File #: 2023-0874    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 7/11/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/14/2023 Final action:
Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 03 Super District 07 Application of Alex Ciuca c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot- 75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) zoning district to allow for the construction of single-family, detached homes. The properties are located at 4127-4173 Maplewood Drive in Decatur, Georgia.
Attachments: 1. Substitute 2023 11.14 Item 2023-0874, 2. 2023-0874 Substitute Recommended Conditions, 3. 23-10-17 - Maplewood Drive SD - Updated Site Plan, 4. Z-23-1246544 Sept. 2023 Staff Report Maplewood Dr
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Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 03 Super District 07
Application of Alex Ciuca c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot- 75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) zoning district to allow for the construction of single-family, detached homes. The properties are located at 4127-4173 Maplewood Drive in Decatur, Georgia.
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PETITION NO: N4-2023-0874 Z-23-1246544
PROPOSED USE: Construction of single-family, detached homes.
LOCATION: 4127, 4139, 4149, 4163 and 4173 Maplewood Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30035.
PARCEL NO. : 15-158-02-005, 15-158-02-006, 15-158-02-007, 15-158-02-051, 15-158-02-008 & 15-158-02-009
INFO. CONTACT: Adam Chappell, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155

PURPOSE:
Application of Alex Ciuca c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) zoning district to allow for the construction of single-family detached homes. The properties are located at 4127-4173 Maplewood Drive in Decatur, Georgia.


RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: Approval.

PLANNING COMMISSION: Two-Cycle Deferral.

PLANNING STAFF: Two-Cycle Deferral.

STAFF ANALYSIS: The applicant requests to rezone the subject properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) to construct single-family, detached dwellings. The subject parcels are located within a Suburban (SUB) Character Area, which supports the proposed rezoning and development (Comprehensive Plan, pg. 41). Although the properties surrounding the proposed development are all currently zoned R-75, there is precedent for denser development in the immediate vicinity; there are several extant subdivisions with RSM zoning to the south and east along Wesley Chapel Road. The original site plan...

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