File #: 2021-2424    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Public Hearing
File created: 3/30/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/8/2021 Final action: 6/8/2021
Title: COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 4 & 6 Application of Michael Gamble to rezone properties from O-I (Office-Institutional) District to MR-2 (Medium Density Residential-2) District to construct single-family attached townhomes, at 2382 Lawrenceville Highway.
Attachments: 1. 2021 06.08 Item 2021-2424, 2. Z-21-1244664 Recommended Conditions, 3. Z-21-1244664 Staff Report May 2021
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Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Planning & Sustainability

SUBJECT:
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COMMISSION DISTRICT(S): 4 & 6
Application of Michael Gamble to rezone properties from O-I (Office-Institutional) District to MR-2 (Medium Density Residential-2) District to construct single-family attached townhomes, at 2382 Lawrenceville Highway.
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PETITION NO: N1. Z-21-1244664 2021-2424
PROPOSED USE: Single-family attached townhomes.
LOCATION: 2382 Lawrenceville Highway.
PARCEL NO. : 18-116-01-031
INFO. CONTACT: John Reid, Sr. Planner
PHONE NUMBER: 404-371-2155

PURPOSE:
Application of Michael Gamble to rezone properties from O-I (Office-Institutional) District to MR-2 (Medium Density Residential-2) District to construct single-family attached townhomes. The property is located on the west side of Lawrenceville Highway, opposite Robinhood Road, at 2382 Lawrenceville Highway in Decatur, Georgia. The property has approximately 282 feet of frontage along Lawrenceville Highway and contains 0.81 acre.


RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
COMMUNITY COUNCIL: Approval.

PLANNING COMMISSION: Approval with Conditions.

PLANNING STAFF: Approval with Conditions.

STAFF ANALYSIS: The rezoning request appears to be consistent with the policies and strategies of the Commercial Redevelopment Corridor (CRC) Character Area to "focus development on parcels that abut the designated Commercial Redevelopment Corridor" and "create pedestrian scale communities that focus on the relationship between the street, buildings, streetscape improvements and people" (CRC Policy #18 & #4). The proposed MR-2 zoning and three-story townhomes are consistent with the MR-2 zoning and three-story townhomes to the north and west and are appropriate along a four-lane major arterial road (Lawrenceville Highway). Additionally, the plan provides more open space than is required by the zoning ordinance (50% provided and 15% required) and is providing abund...

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