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Alpharetta Planning Commission approves rezoning, variances for single Milton Avenue lot with required long-term mitigation agreement

Alpharetta Planning Commission · January 8, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved rezoning 1.34 acres on Milton Avenue from Special Use to R-15 and granted setbacks and stream buffer variances for one single-family home, subject to 13 staff conditions plus a newly added condition requiring a long-term maintenance agreement for stream-buffer mitigation; the vote was unanimous and the item will go to City Council on Jan. 26.

The Alpharetta Planning Commission unanimously approved a rezoning and associated variances for a 1.34-acre parcel on Milton Avenue that would allow construction of a single-family detached home, contingent on a series of staff conditions and an added requirement for a long-term maintenance agreement for stream-buffer mitigation.

Planning staff (Kathy Cook) told the commission the applicant requests rezoning from Special Use to R-15 and variances to reduce the front building setback from 65 feet to 24 feet and to reduce the city's impervious stream buffer from 150 feet to 75 feet (the state buffer is 25 feet). Staff said the undeveloped lot contains a perennial stream that feeds Faux Killer…

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