Ebenezer Road rezoning returns to Cobb Planning Commission

After being delayed twice, the Cobb Planning Commission will once again hear a rezoning request for a new residential development on Ebenezer Road.

Last month the Cobb zoning staff has continued a request by Pulte Homes for a proposed 99-home single-family detached development on nearly 50 acres on Ebenezer Road, between Blackwell Road and Maybreeze Road.

Pulte Homes revised that site plan and submitted a new stipulation letter, after questions were raised about density of around 2 units an acre, small lot sizes and a lack of amenities.

Nothing new has been added to the case file since then, but last week an online petition was started by Tom Dilbeck and called “Cobb Citizens Against Pulte Overdevelopment of Ebenezer Road Z-31.” Thus far is has nearly 250 signatures.

The property is currently zoned R-20 OSC, the latter meaning “open space community” overlay, a special preservation designation.

The Planning Commission is a five-member advisory board appointed by the Cobb Board of Commissioners, who make final decisions on zoning cases.

Tuesday’s meeting starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday (you can read the full agenda here) in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta. It also 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.

The meeting also will be the first for David Anderson, a new Planning Commission member who was appointed last month by District 2 commissioner Jerica Richardson. He’s a resident of East Cobb with a background in commercial real estate investment and development and urban planning.

The application by North Point Ministries to build the East Cobb Church and sell land for homes and townhomes in the Johnson Ferry-Shallowford corridor was delayed in August at the behest of Richardson.

There were only four commission members present at the August zoning hearing and two of them said they could not support the request. Commission chairwoman Lisa Cupid was absent due to a death in her family.

That case will be taken up again on Sept. 21.