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Council debates 61‑unit mixed‑income Hardy Avenue development over traffic, design and waiver requests
Summary
A developer told the Chamblee City Council the 61‑unit mixed‑income project at 3380 Hardy Avenue is transit‑proximate and financially requires several variances; neighbors raised traffic, flooding and parking concerns and staff recommended approval of the DCI with conditions while denying several variances and waivers.
The City of Chamblee heard a detailed presentation March 12 about a proposed four‑story, 61‑unit mixed‑income development at 3380 Hardy Avenue and two adjacent parcels.
Planning staff told council the project would remove two existing residential structures on 1.8 acres and deliver 61 units — 34 one‑bedroom, 22 two‑bedroom and 8 three‑bedroom — with 81 on‑site parking spaces and about 20 percent open space. Staff recommended approval of the development‑of‑community‑impact (DCI) request subject to conditions but recommended denial of several variances and multiple waivers, saying some requested relief did not meet the hardship standard in the UDO.
Josh Marks, the applicant with Regent Partners, told council the developer needs flexibility on a number of items to make the project feasible. "To not be able to do that would render the project infeasible," Marks said of the request to use Type‑V wood‑frame…
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