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Developers seek to raise residential yield to 925 on Atlanta Highway PD; staff and planning commission recommend denial
Summary
An amendment to a long-standing planned development on Atlanta Highway that would raise approved residential units from 800 to 925 and replace a New Urbanist pattern with pod-based development drew strong criticism from staff and the Planning Commission, which recommended denial April 15.
An applicant seeking to amend an existing planned development for property fronting Atlanta Highway asked the commission April 15 to increase the approved residential yield from 800 units to 925 and to replace the developments pattern book with the developers stock plans.
Planning Director Bruce Launney told commissioners the property, originally approved in February 2004 as a New Urbanist-style planned development, would be reconfigured into three pods: two denser multifamily pods and a lower-density single-family pod. The applicant requested six waivers; staff supported one waiver, opposed two and conditionally supported three. Launney said…
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