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Commissioners urge annexation, set future public hearing for Putnam Ford rezoning request
Summary
The board asked staff to pursue annexation of the Park Place/Putnam Ford parcel into the City of Woodstock and set a future public hearing to reconsider a developer's rezoning request after the developer revised plans and added a parcel that connects to city limits.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners on May 6, 2025, voted unanimously to schedule a future public hearing and to request staff initiate an amendment to the growth-boundary agreement with the City of Woodstock for a rezoning request at 6425 Putnam Ford Drive.
Zoning Administrator Trey introduced the case for Park Place Developers LLC, a request to rezone about 11.1 acres from R-40 to RZL to allow a 38-lot single-family subdivision (the applicant later reduced the proposed lots to 34). Trey told the board the Planning Commission recommended denial; the applicant subsequently revised plans, removed several setback variances and showed a revised site plan received April 17.
Commissioner Corey Ragsdale, whose district contains the property, said the revised layout "is more of a fit for the county" but that because the developer acquired an adjacent parcel and has a new connection to Chesterfield Cove (a neighborhood inside Woodstock city limits), his preference was that the property be annexed into the City of Woodstock. "My preference would be that this just be annexed into the City Of Woodstock," Ragsdale said.
Ragsdale moved to set a public hearing at the next appropriate date and to ask staff to begin the process of amending the growth-boundary agreement with Woodstock to permit annexation; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The board noted that if the annexation process with the City of Woodstock does not move forward, the county will hold the public hearing and reconsider the rezoning request.
The applicant had also requested variances related to buffers and a cell-tower setback; some variance requests were withdrawn or altered in the revised plan. The Planning Commission had recommended denial before revisions; the board preserved its discretion to take action at the future hearing once the growth-boundary process is clear.
Ending: The board directed staff to work with the City of Woodstock on the growth-boundary amendment and to schedule a public hearing when appropriate, leaving the rezoning decision pending until then.
