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Planning commission approves stream-buffer variance for VMB Residential LLC mixed-use pad
Summary
The City of Cumming Planning and Zoning Commission approved a variance allowing portions of a 2.13-acre commercial pad to encroach into city stream buffers that apply to a larger 31.42-acre mixed-use development, with a condition requiring replanted landscaping determined by planning staff.
The City of Cumming Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday approved a variance allowing portions of a 2.13-acre commercial parcel in a larger mixed‑use development to encroach into city-designated stream buffers.
The variance affects buffer areas established by the city (described in the hearing as a 50-foot “undisturbed” buffer and a 75-foot no-impervious-surface buffer). The commission approved the request after a staff recommendation that included a condition requiring the Department of Planning and Zoning to determine and require landscape replanting within the disturbed areas before project completion.
Kenneth Wood, the agent representing the applicant, described the parcel as the commercial portion of a larger 31.42-acre mixed‑use development that began construction about nine months ago. “We can’t have another access point from GDOT into this location,” Wood said,…
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