The newly opened Credit Union of Georgia branch on Johnson Ferry Road won’t be displaying an electronic message board.
The financial institution located at 1020 Johnson Ferry Road at the intersection of Little Willeo Road) had requested permission from the Cobb Board of Commissioners for a stipulation amendment to build a six-foot high LED sign.
But by a 4-0 vote, commissioners turned down the request. Commissioner Bob Ott of East Cobb said the electronic message board is incompatible with the neighborhood, including the newly opened Solana East Cobb senior residential facility on the opposite side of the intersection.
The reason Cobb zoning staff recommended denial, Ott said, is because “there’s a whole lot of history at this intersection.”
The Credit Union of Georgia standalone building formerly housed several bank branches, most recently BB & T. It’s also across from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.
One of the original stipulations for the property, dating back to 1984, says any sign “shall not be backlighted and . . . no neon-type signs shall be used.”
“This would be introducing the neighborhood to a whole new element,” Ott said before making a motion to deny the request.
The only existing electronic sign in that part of the Johnson Ferry corridor is a static sign listing movies playing at the Merchants Walk Cinema.
Cobb commission chairman Mike Boyce recused himself from voting, saying he had a “financial relationship” with the applicant.
In other business Tuesday, commissioners voted to continue until September a request by Geneva Roswell, LLC to divvy up the former L.A. Fitness location at 4905 Alabama Road—just up the road from Sandy Plains Village—into multiple retail parcels (view the case file here).
The case has drawn nearby opposition, and Kevin Moore, the applicant’s attorney, was going to withdraw the application without prejudice.
One of the objections to the application was a stipulation to allow for a truck dock for a potential retail occupant, and to construct a ground-based monument sign.
The county zoning staff had issues with the sign request, saying violated sewer easement setback restrictions.
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Hilarious. No led sign? Johnson ferry is littered with them – oral surgeon, the medical building, fresh market, the school. No LED sign just a bunch of dying trees and a ginormous senior center that doesn’t fit on the corner and an intersection that doesn’t get a turning lane because the country is out of money. Thanks Bob.