The developer of a residential subdivision included in the East Cobb Church rezoning in 2021 will ask Cobb commissioners Tuesday to raise the threshold for impervious surfaces for that development.
It’s included as an Other Business item at the commission’s monthly zoning hearing, and it was continued from last month at the request of the applicant (agenda item here).
Johnson Ferry Road LLC attorney Kevin Moore asked last month for additional time. He represented North Point Ministries, which will be building the East Cobb Church facility at the Johnson Ferry-Shallowford intersection.
Below that, and below a declared flood plain as well, Ashwood Atlanta will be building 77 single-family detached homes on 19 acres zoned RA-5.
The residential portion of the rezoning case was the most contentious, with some in the community insisting the density proposed at the time (44 townhomes and 51 detached homes) was too much, for traffic and stormwater reasons.
Zoning approval included limiting impervious surfaces in the subdivision to 40 percent. Moore will be asking to raise it to 45 percent with the additional runoff “designed into the retention area,” and that “would help to accommodate development consistent with the area,” but there was no further elaboration.
Citizens serving on a plan review committee said they wanted the final plan to get as close to the 40 percent stipulation as possible.
Initial clearing and grading work has been underway at the site for a few weeks, including the relocation of Waterfront Drive.
The zoning hearing hearing begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta), you can view the full agenda and individual case files by clicking here.
You also can watch on the county’s website and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.
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