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Commission recommends R7 rezoning for Cleveland Highway site to allow townhouses; neighbors cite traffic worries
Summary
Planning commissioners recommended rezoning 14.1 acres on Cleveland Highway from C2 to R7 to permit a townhouse development. Developers said units would be fee-simple townhouses and could boost tax revenue; nearby residents raised safety and traffic concerns on a high-speed corridor.
The Dalton-Whitfield-Varnell Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 14.1 acres at 4205 Cleveland Highway from C2 commercial to R7 residential to allow a townhouse-style development.
Staff told commissioners the site, historically used for a self-serve car wash, sits amid predominantly single-family neighborhoods and that R7 could bring residential uses more compatible with surrounding parcels. Staff also suggested a condition limiting uses to fee-simple…
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