JOSH residential developer seeks delay to change stipulation

East Cobb Church rezoning held — A rendering of single-family homes shows a tight distance between residences, in some instances as little as seven feet.

As we noted last week, plans for the residential portion of land at the Johnson Ferry-Shallowford intersection that was part of the East Cobb Church rezoning approval are still in the works.

Questions over residential density, traffic and stormwater were the primary concerns of those who opposed the final site plan and stipulations that Cobb commissioners approved in October 2021.

Among the stipulations the developer, Ashwood Atlanta, agreed to was to limit impervious surfaces to 40 percent.

The Atlanta-based builder is proposing 77 detached homes, after dropping the 44 townhomes and 51 detached homes that were in the approved site plan.

The owner of the 19 acres of land that is zoned RA-5, Johnson Ferry Road LLC, recently filed a request to increase the impervious surface maximum to 45 percent, with the additional runoff “designed into the retention area,” according to an agenda item for a Tuesday zoning hearing of the Cobb Board of Commissioners.

The proposed change, the agenda item states, is “would help to accommodate development consistent with the area,” but there was no further elaboration.

But Kevin Moore, the developer’s attorney, asked the Cobb Zoning Office this week for a continuance to May to finalize the plans.

The homes will be built on land west of Johnson Ferry Road, north and south of Waterfront Drive and east of Waterfront Circle.

The Cobb stormwater office said it has no objection to the request, but “storm water quality design for the development will need to include the additional impervious area.”

Citizens serving on a plan review committee said they wanted the final plan to get as close to the 40 percent stipulation as possible.

Ashwood Atlanta site plan 3.14.23 — *The latest site plan includes 77 single-family detached homes on 19 acres. For a larger view **click here**.*

While that case won’t be heard Tuesday, commissioners will consider long-delayed plans for a King’s Hawaiian restaurant in Northeast Cobb.

They voted last month for a continuance after some residents expressed traffic and safety concerns.

The restaurant would be located on the northwest intersection of Shallowford Road and Gordy Parkway, next to a self-storage facility where a movie cinema once stood.

Cobb DOT is recommending right-in and right-out access on Gordy Parkway (agenda item here).

A couple other East Cobb cases we’ve written about here before and that are continuing to be delayed are for a residential development on Post Oak Tritt Road and an expanded Starbucks at Paper Mill Village (see links below). Those also have been continued to May.

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.