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Council reviews seven zoning-map corrections, including two apartment complexes and an annexation fix
Summary
Planning staff presented seven proposed corrections to the official City of Canton zoning map to fix GIS errors, reflect prior rezoning actions and to change two apartment developments to residential equivalents because they lack master plans; no public speakers opposed the amendments during the hearing.
Planning staff told the council the city is proposing seven amendments to the official zoning map to fix historical or GIS errors and to reflect prior rezoning actions.
Staff said the first property is a 33‑acre tract south of downtown that was rezoned in 2022 to Planned Development Residential (PDR) as part of the Sanctuary master plan; a GIS error had the parcel still shown as R‑20 and staff recommended amending the map to show the 2022 PDR designation. Two Ridge Road parcels (2496 and 2550 Ridge Road) were described as previously rezoned to R‑40 and staff recommended correcting those map entries. A Knox Bridal Highway parcel annexed and rezoned to general commercial in June 2000 had been shown erroneously as R‑20 and staff proposed returning it to general commercial.
Staff identified two apartment complexes—Blue Ridge Hills Apartments (73 units at 101 Tiffany Lane) and River Ridge Apartments (356 units off Reinhardt College Parkway)—that have been labeled as planned development mixed use on recent maps though staff records show prior multifamily zoning equivalents; because neither development has a governing master plan staff recommended changing them to an equivalent R M 15 designation that better matches their built form. Finally, staff recommended amending a 4.89‑acre parcel on Bells Ferry Road to recognize a 2005 annexation and rezoning to R‑10 after multiple GIS and assessor-record errors showed the parcel as unincorporated Cherokee County.
No members of the public spoke on the item during the hearing. The mayor thanked staff for identifying and correcting the discrepancies; staff said formal map amendments require council approval at a subsequent meeting.
Votes and next steps: the hearing was closed and staff will return an ordinance or formal amendment for council action at a future meeting.
