After several months of delays, the Cobb Board of Commissioners this week approved a site plan change at the North campus of Mt. Bethel Christian Academy for the construction of an athletic field.
Since 2014, Mt. Bethel has operated a high school on Post Oak Tritt Road near Holly Springs Road.
The school was granted a special-land use plan the year before that, stipulating that changes must come back before commissioners. The SLUP included the future construction of an athletic field and related facilities.
In 2019 Mt. Bethel Christian proposed a sports stadium but later withdrew the application after community opposition surfaced.
The new site plan (above) was adopted on the commission’s consent calendar after the private school worked out a new list of stipulations with nearby residents of the Holly Springs subdivision and the East Cobb Civic Association.
Mt. Bethel Christian attorney Kevin Moore filed the new site plan on Tuesday and a stipulation letter on March 9 (you can read here; you can read the zoning staff analysis by clicking here).
The include relocating the parking area, removing an athletic track, creating an 85-foot undisturbed buffer between the field and nearby homes, and requiring the district commissioner (JoAnn Birrell) to approve the maximum elevations for the field.
Other provisions limit the scope of lighting and the hours for a public address and sound system to operate. The district commissioner also would approve a final landscaping plan with community and ECCA reviews.
The approval comes after some neighbors objected to the close proximity of the field to their backyards.
Commissioners voted in December to delay the request, and Mt. Bethel requested another continuance in February.
But at a Tuesday zoning hearing, Birrell told the involved parties “I appreciate y’all working this out with me in the background.”
The site plan changes also call for the addition of 39 parking spaces for a total of 121 on the campus.
Related posts:
- Mt. Bethel Christian athletic plans put on hold
- Mt. Bethel Christian Academy seeks changes for athletic facilities
- Cobb commissioners approve East Cobb Church rezoning
- Cobb commissioners approve Sprayberry Crossing rezoning
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