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File #: 2025-0627    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 4/25/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/14/2025 Final action:
Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 3 Super District 7 Application of Nichelle Bell to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) to allow for single-family detached and single family attached duplexes and townhomes, at 3803 & 3815 Glenwood Road.
Attachments: 1. Substitute 2025 08.26 Item 2025-0627, 2. Z-25-1247528 (2025-0627) Recommended Conditions, 3. Z-25-1247528 July 2025 Staff Report 3803 & 3815 Glenwood Road
SUBSTITUTE
Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
Title
COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 3 Super District 7
Application of Nichelle Bell to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) to allow for single-family detached and single family attached duplexes and townhomes, at 3803 & 3815 Glenwood Road.
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PETITION NO: N4-2025-0627 Z-25-1247528
PROPOSED USE: Single-family detached and attached duplexes and townhomes.
LOCATION: 3803 & 3815 Glenwood Road, Decatur, Georgia 30032
PARCEL NO. : 15 167 11 014; 15 167 11 062
INFO. CONTACT: John Reid, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155

PURPOSE:
Application of Nichelle Bell to rezone properties from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot-75) zoning district to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) to allow single-family detached and single-family attached duplexes and townhomes.


RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (June 2025) Approval with a condition.

PLANNING COMMISSION: (July 8, 2025) Full Cycle Deferral.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval with Conditions.

STAFF ANALYSIS: Since the July 24th Board of Commissioners public hearing, the applicant has submitted a revised plan (see attached) which increased the maximum number of units from 28 to 32 (8 units per acre) and provides a larger centralized courtyard open space in the center of the subject properties. Compatibility features and amenities include a 20-foot buffer along the west and south property line, a step down in building heights from 3 stories along the Glenwood Road frontage to 2 stories/35 feet for the remainder of the site (to provide a transitional building height more compatible with the adjacent single-family properties to the west and south), a larger park with a clubhouse in the center of the project, and a dog park. Additionally, the applicant is providing 65 parking spaces whic...

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