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Council holds public hearing on rezoning for city-owned site on Peachtree Road
Summary
The Hoschton City Council opened a public hearing on a rezoning request to change about 11.25 acres on Peachtree Road from R-1 single-family residential to an institutional district for city-owned uses; the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval and no members of the public registered opposition during the hearing.
Hoschton — The City Council opened a public hearing on a rezoning application (Z-24-44) for roughly 11.25 acres on the north side of Peachtree Road that the city recently purchased and proposes for city-owned institutional uses, including a police facility, parking and parks and open space.
City staff described the request as a change from R-1 single-family low-density residential district to an institutional district to align zoning with the city’s planned public use. “While public use is permitted in R-1 zoning district, it is consistent with past city policy to have the buildings that we use be institutionally zoned,” a city staff member said.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning. The council announced the public hearing and invited speakers; no members of the public rose in opposition during the item and the council closed the hearing after planning staff took questions about potential conditions.
Planning staff noted possible conditions that the council could consider during rezoning decisions, including multiuse-path access, interparcel connections between adjacent developments and additional buffering or screening where institutional uses abut residential neighborhoods. Staff said the city’s zoning ordinance does not automatically require an institutional district to have a buffer against residential zones but that screening could be added as a condition.
The council did not take a final vote on the rezoning during the public hearing; the record shows the hearing was opened, public notice confirmed and the matter set for council consideration following the hearing.
