The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved plans to convert the former Park 12 Cobb movie theater in Northeast Cobb into a self-storage facility.
Applications by Stein Investment Group to amend the uses for the general commercial zoning category and for a special land-use plan (required in unincorporated Cobb for self-storage facilities) were included in the commission’s consent agenda.
There was no one in opposition to the request at Tuesday’s meeting.
Several changes were made before passage by Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, including a stipulation that the operating hours would be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-6 p.m. on Sunday.
Stein has proposed to build 101,190 square feet of self-storage space on 5.81 acres 2925 Gordy Parkway and Shallowford Road. The former cinema building will be renovated, and a second one-story building with 33,785 square feet and a basement will be constructed next to it, according to the application.
The application also calls for a maximum of 10 parking spaces, one more than required.
Additional stipulations were filed last week by Garvis Sams, an attorney for Stein, that include regulations on what can be done during construction, including traffic access, as well as landscaping and architectural details.
The Park 12 Cobb theater closed last fall, more than three years after a community fight to keep it open as a movie theater.
Nearby residents opposed a rezoning case to turn the property into a Lidl grocery store. Some wanted to have movies nearby, and others were concerned about traffic, and the Cobb Board of Commissioners turned down the rezoning request in September 2017.
The cinema owner, Georgia Theatre Company, had expressed a desire at the time to sell the property.
Park 12 Cobb briefly reopened last fall after COVID-19 closures, but GTC made the decision to permanently shutter that cinema as well as others in its Georgia and the southeast region.
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