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Cobb commissioners hold decision on Vanderlandes request to add EV chargers after community raises broken stipulations
Summary
The Board held Other Business item 6, a request by Vanderlande to add three EV chargers to an existing five, after Bells Ferry residents said the company has not met binding stipulations from its 2022 rezoning approval; commissioners asked staff to follow up and scheduled the item for the next zoning hearing.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners held Other Business item 6 on Feb. 18, 2025, a request by Vanderlande to install three additional electric-vehicle charging stations (bringing total chargers at the site from five to eight), after residents and the board raised concerns that Vanderlande has not met prior stipulations attached to its 2022 rezoning approval.
The item matters because residents said Vanderlande failed to complete several binding commitments tied to its earlier approval, and commissioners directed staff to seek clearer compliance steps before approving the charger expansion.
Bianca Sanderson, who identified herself as an employee of the EV-charging company handling the installation, told the board, "We currently already have 5 chargers out there that were installed about 3 years ago ... Now every single day, all 5 chargers are being utilized at the same time, which means that if we have any visitors or anyone else has an EV, they cannot charge their cars.…
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