Paper Mill Village Starbucks rezoning request delayed

A rezoning request to convert the present Starbucks location at Paper Mill Village into a two-story coffee shop is being delayed to November.

The attorney for S&B Investments Inc. sent Cobb zoning officials a letter last week asking for the request to be removed from the agenda for a Tuesday hearing of the Cobb Planning Commission.

Garvis Sams said in the letter (you can read it here) that after holding a community meeting, “the consensus at the meeting was for S&B to avail itself of circumstances to revise the proposal in order to address expectations from area residents, members of the public and others.”

He didn’t specify what those expectations are.

S&B wants to demolish the small building on 0.73 acres at the northeast intersection of Johnson Ferry Road and Paper Mill Road. That’s housed the Starbucks for more than 25 years and a dry cleaner (a nail salon space is vacant).

The proposal calls for a 5,000-square-foot building for a new Starbucks with 25 parking spaces and a double drivethru. The new coffee shop would be open daily from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

In its analysis, Cobb zoning staff noted that 50 parking spaces are required under the NRC (neighborhood retail commercial) category the applicant is seeking.

The staff is recommending approval of the request (analysis here) but without a parking variance, meaning the size of the building would have to be reduced. 

Two other rezoning requests in East Cobb that were to be heard Tuesday also have been continued to November. 

ADP—Terrell Mill LLC is seeking community retail commercial (CRC) from low residential at 1140 and 1150 Terrell Mill Road for a self-storage facility with 47,059 square feet and 14 parking spaces. A companion special land-use permit also is required, and that request also has been continued.

The 2.55-acre parcel at the intersection of Terrell Mill and Delk roads and has an older homesite. Zoning staff has recommended denial, noting that the property is surrounded by residential areas and does not conform to the county’s comprehensive land-use plan which calls for medium-density housing in that area. 

“Setback variances are proposed which demonstrate this proposal does not fit on the property,” the staff analysis concluded.

Also being delayed is a request to rezone 13.38 acres at 4701 Post Oak Tritt Road, near McPherson Road, from R-30 to R-15 for 20 single-family homes.

The Planning Commission is a five-member body appointed by the Cobb Board of Commissioners to make recommendations in zoning cases.

Final decisions are made by county commissioners, who meet on the third Tuesday of the month.

The full agenda for Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting can be found by clicking here. A summary agenda can be found here.

You also can watch on the county’s website, Facebook Live and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.

Related stories

• Fast casual restaurant planned for former East Cobb cinema property
• Cobb rejects ‘green’ subdivision plans in Northeast Cobb
• 2-story Starbucks, drivethru planned for Paper Mill Village
• Prominent developer planning subdivision on Shallowford Road
• Cobb to spend $500K for Unified Development Code consultant
• Shallowford/Trickum convenience store/car wash plans delayed
• Commissioners OK overhaul plans for The Avenue East Cobb