File #: 2018-3066    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Preliminary Item
File created: 11/30/2018 In control: Board of Commissioners - Zoning Meeting
On agenda: 1/22/2019 Final action:
Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 3 & 6 Application of VC Development, LLC to rezone property from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot) District to RSM (Residential Small Lot) District to allow the development of a 20-lot single-family subdivision with two open space lots, at 2080 Tilson Road.
Attachments: 1. N7 VC Development LLC Z 19 1235291 staff report, 2. RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS Z-19-1235291 (2018-3066), 3. 2019 01.22 Item 2018-3066 Conditions

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 3 & 6
Application of VC Development, LLC to rezone property from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot) District to RSM (Residential Small Lot) District to allow the development of a 20-lot single-family subdivision with two open space lots, at 2080 Tilson Road.
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PETITION NO: N7. Z-19-1235291
PROPOSED USE: 20-lot single-family subdivision with two open space lots.
LOCATION: 2080 Tilson Road, Decatur 30032
PARCEL NO.: 15-140-04-011
INFO. CONTACT: Marian Eisenberg
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-4922

PURPOSE:
Application of VC Development, LLC to rezone from R-75 (Residential Medium Lot) District to RSM (Small Lot Residential Mix) District to allow the development of a 20-lot single-family subdivision with two open space lots. The property is located on the north side of Tilson Road, approximately 853 feet west of Mark Trail at 2080 Tilson Road. The property has approximately 330 feet of frontage along Tilson Road and contains 4.2 acres.

RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: APPROVAL

PLANNING COMMISSION: FULL CYCLE DEFERAL

PLANNING STAFF: APPROVAL W/CONDITIONS.

STAFF ANALYSIS: (REVISED 1/11/19) Given the subject site's proximity to a Town Center (TC) character area to the south calling for a high density mix of land uses, other institutional land uses in the area (Greater White Rock Baptist Church and Gresham First Baptist Church), other RSM- zoned properties to the south and east, and the site's access to a collector street (Tilson Road) which also serves public transit (MARTA bus route), it appears that higher residential densities are appropriate along Tilson Road as a transition from the TC character area to the south and the lower density single-family subdivisions to the north. The applicant has submitted a revised plan dated 10/18/18 which clarifies compliance with zoning ordi...

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