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Commission rejects revised Winslow Park PD amendment after staff warns it departs original new‑urbanist plan
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of a D.R. Horton‑led amendment to the Winslow Park planned development, citing design drift, reduced housing mix and missing neighborhood commercial components.
The Athens‑Clarke County Planning Commission on April 3 recommended denial of an amendment that would have added 125 housing units to the existing Winslow Park planned development and replaced the project’s previously adopted pattern book with the builder’s standard product.
Staff opposition: Planning staff said the proposal departs from the PD’s original new‑urbanist principles — reductions in housing variety, clustering of like housing types into separate “pods” rather than mixing…
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