Townhomes proposed for vacant NE Cobb residential land Archives

A 13-acre parcel of land near the corner of Northeast Cobb where it meets Roswell and Cherokee C0unty is being proposed for a 74-unit townhome development.

The request by Ashwani Kumar Kaura to rezone the property from single-family residential (R-20) to fee-simple townhome (FST) is on the agenda of Tuesday’s Cobb Planning Commission meeting.

But the Cobb Zoning Office is recommending denial, saying the land at Alabama Road and Lindsey Way is completely surrounded by single-family detached homes.

*The 13-acre parcel is located off Alabama Road, north of Sandy Plains Road.*

“It is Staff’s opinion that the applicant’s rezoning proposal will not permit a use that is suitable in view of the use and development of adjacent and nearby properties,” the staff analysis concludes. “There are single–family uses on all four sides, developed at much lower densities. The proposed homes would be out of scale and out of character with the existing single–family houses in the area.”

According to the site plan for what’s being called “Kaura Village,” the density would be 5.72 units per acre. The homes would be developed on 11.75 acres, with the rest for amenities.

There’s also no room for guest parking, which was noted by the Cobb Fire Department in its comments on the case, and other remarks indicate that sewer service is not available.

Rezoning to FST also would defy the county’s Future Land Use Map designation for medium-density residential development, according to the zoning analysis.

“For these reasons, Staff believes it appropriate to deny the request rather than delete to a more appropriate zoning district until such time as these issues can be worked through,” the analysis stated.

(You can read the full analysis by clicking here.)

According to Cobb property tax records, Kauna, the property owner, is in California.

The Cobb Planning Commission is a five-member body appointed by the Cobb Board of Commissioners that makes recommendations on zoning cases.

Its decisions are advisory; the BOC has the final say on zoning cases.

The Planning Commission meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta), and the full agenda can be found by clicking here.

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