Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners zoning hearing—which features the East Cobb Church and Ebenezer Road cases—will be conducted in two phases to accommodate public interest and to meet social-distancing protocols.
Cobb County Manager Jackie McMorris issued a mask mandate last month for anyone visiting indoor county facilities. Those attending the Tuesday zoning hearing will be required to wear masks.
The county also reverted to social-distancing protocols that were followed earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic and thus the capacity in the meeting room will be limited.
The morning session—which starts at 9 a.m.—will include East Cobb Church/North Point Ministries (Z-31, 2020) as well as consent agenda items, Z-28, Z-23, and Z-26 of 2021.
The afternoon session begins at an unspecified time and will include Z-31 (the Ebenezer Road case) as well as Z-40, OB-45, and OB-48.
The full agenda can be found here; there have been major changes submitted this week in the East Cobb Church and Ebenezer Road cases.
North Point Ministries’ application for a church, residential and retail at Johnson Ferry and Shallowford Road late last year has been delayed several times.
While there’s substantial community support, there’s also vocal opposition protesting the density of the proposed single-family homes and town homes, and related traffic issues.
Pulte Homes wants to build 99 homes on a 50-acre undeveloped tract on Ebenezer Road.
Both cases are holdovers from the August zoning calendar. In the case of North Point Ministries, District 2 commissioner Jerica Richardson asked for the delay when she couldn’t get a majority support for a motion to approve.
The five-woman board was down to four during its August hearing as chairwoman Lisa Cupid was absent due to a death in her family.
Earlier this month, the Cobb Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the Ebenezer Road case, which also has faced opposition from nearby residents for density and stormwater reasons.
Tuesday’s zoning hearing begins at 9 a.m. in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta, and will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.
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There’s new site plans for both Z-31, for Ebenezer Rd, and for Z-72-2020, North Point Ministries.
Z-31 (the Ebenezer Road case) has been changed from R15 OSC to R15. They’ve removed the lake and green space, and will be building homes in the stormwater management area.
Z-72-2020 (North Point Ministries) has been charged:
– Removed access from Marlanta and existing Waterfront Dr to Johnson Ferry Rd.
– Reduced the number of homes and townhomes, from RA-6 to RA-5.
– Replaced all the townhomes along JFry Rd with retail and a parking lot, increased the NRC area to 3.78 acres (Neighborhood Retail Commercial).