Trickum Road subdivision plans stretch on a slender land parcel

Trickum Road subdivision plans

A developer wants to turn an older homesite on Trickum Road with an ample backyard and wooded area into a 10-home subdivision.

An application by Lot One Homes would convert 4.33 acres across from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints into a new residential community along a very slender stretch of property owned by The Edna E. Miller Revocable Trust.

The case will be heard Tuesday by the Cobb Planning Commission, which is conducting its final hearing until February.

The Lot One Homes application is seeking RA-5 zoning for the lot, which in its current R-20 category would allow up to seven homes (you can read the filing here).

The request for 10 detached homes calls for a density of 2.3 units per acre, and the Cobb Zoning Office has recommended approval for a limit of 2.1 units an acre, as well as other conditions.

This isn’t the first time this piece of land has gone before the county for rezoning. Garvis Sams, a noted Cobb zoning attorney representing Lot One Homes, wrote in a Nov. 23 stipulation letter that the property was included in a larger assemblage in 2006 for 22 homes in a case that was rejected and later was subject to litigation.

But the developer didn’t close on the land, which has remained R-20, Sams said.

The land is located above the Hillcrest Oaks subdivision along Sandy Plains Road that’s zoned RA-4, a higher density.

The Lot One Homes request calls for homes along one residential street, with the homes ranging between 2,650 and 3,150 square feet and possibly more, bordered by 10-15 feet landscaping buffers and guest parking spaces.

Trickum Road rezoning site plan

At the back of the development would be a home on a cul-de-sac, with a detention pond and a stormwater management area.

Sams said in his letter his client has been discussing the case with the East Cobb Civic Association, which has said it is in support of the application per the stipulation letter and other stipulations.

The case is Z-85 and it’s scheduled to be heard close to the end of the hearing, under new business.

A summary agenda, including consent items, can be found here; a thumbnail agenda of cases can be found here; and the full agenda can be found here.

The hearing starts at 9 a.m. in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta).

COVID-19 protocols are being followed, including mandatory masks and a limit on in-person attendance due to social-distancing.

The hearing also will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.