Post Oak Tritt subdivision proposal delayed at first hearing

The Cobb Planning Commission is holding a zoning application for a subdivision on Post Oak Tritt Road in East Cobb after its initial hearing Tuesday.

The vote was 3-0, with two members absent, to wait until May to consider a proposal by representatives of Kenneth B. Clary to convert 13.38 acres near McPherson Road from low-density residential (R-30) to medium-density residential (R-15) after opponents took issue with stormwater and other issues.

Joel Larkin, an attorney representing Clary—a longtime landowner in the area whose other properties have been developed into residential communities, including adjacent Clary Lakes—said his client was amenable to a Cobb zoning staff recommendation to delete the proposed zoning category from R-15 to R-20.

That would reduce the number of proposed homes from 20 to 15, but Larkin said a new site plan has not been submitted (agenda file here).

That prompted opposition from the East Cobb Civic Association, whose president, Richard Grome, also cited the issue of a historical 19th century cabin and a family cemetery on the property.

Larkin said the Power-Jackson Cabin, which dates to the 1840s, is not “habitable” and suggested that historic preservation advocates could relocate it.

He said he is not aware of a cemetery on the land, but said his client would abide by staff recommendations to protect it from development.

Opponents also are concerned about flooding and the state of two dams protecting Clary Lakes, two lakes that border the norther part of the tract.

Citizens from the Clary Lakes, Hadley Walk and East Spring Lake subdivisions expressed concerns about those issues, and like Grome, said they weren’t being updated by the applicant about the changing plans.

The application was first filed last August, but has been continued ever since then.

Planning Commission member David Anderson of East Cobb made the motion to delay the request, citing a lack of information, including outdated zoning sign notices fronting the property that are more than two months old.

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