There’s just one East Cobb application coming before the Cobb Planning Commission on Tuesday, and it’s held over from last month.
A request to relocate the Legacy Christian Preschool from the Woodstock Church Shallowford to Bethany Presbyterian Church at 4644 Sandy Plains Road requires a special land-use permit.
The Cobb Board of Commissioners voted to continue the matter for traffic and parking reasons. (Here’s the initial application; and a Feb. 13 stipulation letter provided before the commissioners meeting).
Legacy Christian wants to occupy what had been preschool space at Bethany, but the special land-use permit is needed to add kindergarten.
According to the stipulation letter, Legacy would lease the preschool from Bethany and operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday, with an after-school period lasting until nearly 2 p.m.
Garvis Sams, an attorney for Legacy, said his client has met with residents in the adjacent Jefferson Park neighborhood to discuss the school’s plans, which do not call for any additions or renovations to the current school building.
The school plans to enroll around 65 students between the ages of 2 and 6, with a maximum anticipated for the 2021-22 school year. If enrollment goes above that, Legacy would have to seek permission from the commissioners.
The school would put up a privacy fence between the church and school and residents of Springwood Place in time for the 2020-21 school year. No playground activity will be allowed on the site after 2 p.m.
The Planning Commission meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second-floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta.
County commissioners will take up final action on March 17.
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