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Ebenezer Road zoning case held — *Pulte Homes reduced the size of its proposed subdivision on Ebenezer Road from 112 to 99 homes, but opponents have other concerns about the request.*

The Cobb Planning Commission was in a holding mood Tuesday when it came to the three major cases on its agenda for July.

In addition to the East Cobb Church mixed-use proposal that’s been delayed several months now, the planning board also voted to give another month for a proposed 99-unit residential development on Ebenezer Road.

Pulte Homes had revised its application on Ebenezer Road application seeking an R-15 OSC designation from 112 to 99 homes, on nearly 50 acres of property that would hold 17 acres in an open space conservation category.

The land is located on the western side of Ebenezer Road, between Maybreeze Road and Blackwell Road, in one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of land in the East Cobb area.

Rob Hosack, the former Cobb County manager who’s Pulte’s representative, said the proposed density of 2.03 units per acre is consistent with nearby subdivisions, including Blackwell Chase, Dylans Glen and Princeton Grove.

The homes would be a minimum of 2,500 feet and start at $500,000 in what Hosack called a “modern farmhouse” style.

But Chris Lindstrom of the East Cobb Civic Association said that the lot sizes are small—10,000 square feet compared to the minimum of 15,000 for R-15 OSC—and noted a lack of amenities that would be within the development.

Tom Milbeck, a nearby resident, said what Pulte has proposed “isn’t terrible. It needs to be brought up to standard [code] and it needs to be better.”

He recommended the case be held, and planning commissioner Deborah Dance did just that, saying that “I feel the deal has not been made.”

That case will go back on the Planning Commission’s Aug. 3 agenda.

The planning board also ecommended approval of a special land-use permit by Stein Investment Group to convert the former Park 12 Cobb movie theater into a self-storage facility.

That case will be heard by the Cobb Board of Commissioners July 20.