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Developer seeks rezoning for 41-home subdivision on Jonesboro Road; neighbors ask for buffers and traffic safeguards
Summary
A developer asked to rezone 13.83 acres at Jonesboro Road for a 41-home CUP with seven acres of protected green space; residents raised questions about lot size, noise and GDOT access and asked for buffers, berms and streetscape/amenity changes.
A civil-engineering firm representing a property owner presented plans on Feb. 2 to rezone 13.83 acres at 0 and 3665 Jonesboro Road from AG-1 to a Community Unit Plan to build 41 detached single-family homes.
Michelle McCauley of Gaskins Lacrosse said the site plan would leave about seven acres as protected green space, provide a second emergency access per fire-marshal guidance and propose 4,000-square-foot lots and three- and four-bedroom homes with prices in the mid-to-high $300,000 range. She said the site sits in the Old National Highway overlay district and includes a required 100-foot buffer next to Union City. "We're rezoning from AG-1 to CUP for 41 homes," McCauley said during the presentation.
Residents at the meeting pressed for design changes and protections. Questions included the proportion of single- and two-car garages, landscaping and noise mitigation along busy Jonesboro Road, whether a berm or larger tree buffer could reduce highway noise, and how the development would coordinate driveway access and turn lanes with Georgia DOT. Staff and the applicant said the site is at rezoning stage and that GDOT would review driveway permits and access; the applicant said a deceleration and left-turn lane are shown and that detailed engineering would follow if the rezoning is approved.
Other comments urged more community amenities, a wider variety of housing types, and concerns about timing because proposed roundabouts and other nearby road projects could intersect with the site’s access. The applicant said construction would not begin immediately even if the rezoning passes: rezoning and development approvals would be followed by three to four months of construction documents and permitting, then roughly a year to 18 months before on-site work could begin.
Next steps: the rezoning will be heard by the Planning Commission on Feb. 18 and by the mayor and council on March 10 if it receives a favorable recommendation; staff said the proposal is at the rezoning stage and no approvals have been granted.
