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File #: 2025-1621    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Preliminary Item
File created: 10/29/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/6/2026 Final action:
Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 05 Super District 07 Application of D.R. Horton c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone property from R-85 (Residential Medium Lot-85) zoning district to RNC (Residential Neighborhood Conservation) zoning district for the development of up to 214 single-family detached dwellings, at 8277 Norris Lake Way.
Attachments: 1. Z-26-1247833 Jan. 2026 Staff Report 8277 Norris Lake Way
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Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): Commission District 05 Super District 07
Application of D.R. Horton c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone property from R-85 (Residential Medium Lot-85) zoning district to RNC (Residential Neighborhood Conservation) zoning district for the development of up to 214 single-family detached dwellings, at 8277 Norris Lake Way.
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PETITION NO: N2-2025-1621 Z-26-1247833
PROPOSED USE: Development of up to 214 single-family, detached dwellings.
LOCATION: 8277 Norris Lake Way, Snellville, Georgia 30039
PARCEL NO.: 16 228 01 007
INFO. CONTACT: Adam Chappell, Sr. Planner, AICP
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155

PURPOSE:
Application of D.R. Horton c/o Battle Law, P.C. to rezone property from R-85 (Residential Medium Lot-85) zoning district to RNC (Residential Neighborhood Conservation) zoning district for the development of up to 214 single-family detached dwellings, which will be Phases 3 and 4 of the adjacent Champions Runs Subdivision.


RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: (Dec. 2025) Full-cycle deferral.

PLANNING COMMISSION: (Jan. 6, 2025) Pending.

PLANNING STAFF: Two-Cycle Deferral.

STAFF ANALYSIS: The subject property, comprising approximately 114 acres according to Tax map records, is currently zoned R-85 (Residential Medium Lot-85) and is located within a Suburban (SUB) Character Area. The subject property is adjacent to properties to its immediate south that were rezoned to RNC and are currently developed or under development as residential subdivisions, comprising Phases 1 and 2 of what is now referred to as "Champion's Run" (formally known as "Red Stag"). Several public hearings and administrative approvals relevant to the subject property and these adjacent properties are outlined below: ? Z-18-1235046 (2018): On September 25, 2018, the Board of Commissioners conditionally app...

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