A small commercial building at a corner of Lower Roswell Road and Johnson Ferry Road could be converted into a fast food chicken restaurant.
Guthrie’s Chicken, which specializes in chicken finger menu items, is scheduled to have a first hearing on its rezoning application next Tuesday before the Cobb Planning Commission.
The request seeks a change from a planned shopping center (PSC) to a neighborhood retail commercial (NRC) category for 0.3 acres at 4774 Lower Roswell Road.
The 2,000-square foot building is currently vacant but previously has housed small medical offices, including a COVID-19 testing location. It’s located in front of a CVS pharmacy, and plans call to remodel the building.
The application by DG East Cobb Guthrie’s LLC (you can read it here) calls for drive-through-only service from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. An existing single point of access on Lower Roswell would be retained in the proposed site plan.
The request also seeks a reduction from the existing 15 parking spaces to 12 and a reduction of the front setback from 50 feet to 20 feet, and would increase the impervious surface maximum from 70 to 92.9 percent.
The Cobb Zoning Office is recommending approval of the application.
Based in Alabama, Guthrie’s is a Southern franchise operation with more than 50 locations in eight states, including one in Mableton and two in Canton.
The Guthrie’s in East Cobb would be located across the intersection from Zaxby’s, another Southern chicken chain.
DG Guthrie’s purchased the land and building for $1.2 million last September, according to Cobb property tax records.
The Cobb Planning Commission, an advisory body, meets next Tuesday at 9 a.m. For more information and a meeting overview, click here.
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MORE fried chicken?? Enough already! How about some creative affordable American food?
I would almost prefer to drive to the Gutheries in Athens than try to get into and out of this location.
That is a stupid comment!
Love me some Guthrie’s but this location isn’t ideal even if drive through only. It’s gonna make traffic worse at this busy intersection.Hope they can find a better spot in East Cobb.