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Applicant proposes 188,000‑sq‑ft warehouse on landlocked parcel requiring M‑1 rezoning
Summary
Applicant Steve Rothman presented a request to rezone a landlocked parcel on Hamilton Drive from agricultural to M‑1 (industrial) for a roughly 188,000‑square‑foot warehouse; access would rely on adjacent East Point property under common ownership, and staff questioned parking, truck routing and buffers to nearby Mount Vernon Estates.
Steve Rothman, representing the applicant, asked City of South Fulton staff on Aug. 4 to rezone a parcel on Hamilton Drive from agricultural to M‑1 to permit a warehouse development of about 188,000 square feet. Rothman said the site is landlocked with no public road frontage and that access would come from North Commerce Drive through an existing warehouse park in East Point.
Rothman said the parcel is surrounded to the north, west and south by industrial zoning in East Point and that the city’s comprehensive plan designates the property for industrial use. "The size of the building is approximately a 188,000 square feet," Rothman said. He described the project as a "spec build" tied to an owner's broader investment, and said the same owner controls the adjacent property and access road.
City staff pressed the applicant on parking numbers, the proposed location of truck bays and how trucks would access North Commerce Drive. Rothman said the parking would be placed on the east side (uphill toward Washington Road) to avoid orienting parking toward the required buffer with the Mount Vernon Estates neighborhood to the west; truck bays would be on the north side with trucks exiting north to North Commerce Drive.
Staff also asked whether a formal access agreement or chain-of-title protections would be used; Rothman said the same owner now controls the parcels and that an access agreement could be provided "for chain of title purposes in case somebody sold it off."
Discussion only: the applicant described site constraints, buffering, parking orientation and access; staff asked for more detailed parking counts and access documentation. Direction/next steps: the applicant was reminded of the public participation and filing deadlines and of forthcoming hearings. No zoning decision or vote was taken at the meeting.
The applicant said the parcel is currently vacant and that the proposed building would function as part of a larger warehouse campus. Staff did not confirm parking totals or traffic impacts at the meeting; those details will be required during formal review.
