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Gran Communities seeks rezoning for 329-unit Jones Road development in South Fulton
Summary
Gran Communities asked the city to rezone 115.69 acres off Jones Road from AG‑1 to CUP and to amend future land use to permit a mixed single‑family and townhome community of 169 detached homes and 160 attached homes; residents raised traffic and infrastructure concerns at the May 5 community zoning information meeting.
Gran Communities asked the City of South Fulton on May 5 to rezone 115.69 acres on Jones Road from AG‑1 to a conditional use plan (CUP) and to amend the future land use designation from village mixed use to Suburban Neighborhood 1 to allow a mixed community of 169 detached single‑family homes and 160 attached townhomes.
Hillary Lafine, planning and entitlements manager for Gran Communities, said single‑family lots would be a minimum of 7,500 square feet and 60 feet wide, with smallest single‑family homes starting at about 1,200 square feet and townhomes a minimum of about 1,550 heated square feet. Lafine said the townhomes would be fee‑simple lots owned by homeowners and “they are not for rent.”
Residents at the meeting raised concerns about traffic at nearby intersections and the effect of more housing on existing travel patterns. One resident said, “I don’t want it to be something that is gonna come in and congest” the area near Langston Hughes High School; the resident asked whether the project would worsen congestion and noted it took years to get a traffic signal at a nearby intersection.
Steve Rothman, an applicant representative for Gran Communities, said the applicant is willing to discuss traffic mitigation with the community and, if needed, contribute to measures such as turn lanes after appropriate studies. Rothman said larger regional roadway projects discussed with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) would be outside the applicant’s property and that any GDOT capital project could be a multi‑year undertaking; he said GDOT projects discussed in the meeting could take years to enter a capital program and be constructed.
Project-level details presented at the meeting included an amenity area and dispersed smaller open‑space “top lots” and dog parks. Lafine said the applicant had not finalized a clubhouse or pool design and expected to refine amenity details during the review process.
Gran Communities said it plans to hold a public participation meeting in early June for neighbors to review details and provide feedback; the applicant said it would mail notices to nearby residents.
Staff closing remarks reminded attendees to watch for mailed notices of public participation meetings and upcoming planning hearings.
