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Council denies rezoning for 190-townhome proposal along Horizon Lane and Wilshire Avenue

2603189 · March 12, 2025
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The Marietta City Council voted 5-2 to deny a rezoning request for a 190-unit townhome development proposed for a 38.64-acre site along Horizon Lane and Wilshire Avenue after opponents raised traffic, floodplain and infrastructure concerns.

The Marietta City Council voted 5-2 to deny a rezoning request that would have allowed Piedmont Residential to build a 190-unit townhome community on about 38.64 acres along Horizon Lane and Wilshire Avenue.

The proposal, filed under case Z2024-26 by PR Land LLC / Freeman Growth LLC and presented by Piedmont Residential representatives, would have changed the property from Light Industrial to Planned Residential Development Single-Family to permit 190 townhomes (about 9 units per acre). JT Igel, a Piedmont Residential representative, told the council the developer was offering to donate roughly 9 acres for public use and that, in his view, “the request before you is to develop a 190 lot townhome community.”

Supporters said the project would add for-sale housing near established commercial corridors and that updated FEMA data showed…

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