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Developer offers RM4 plan for Twin Lakes Road property; council raises $1 million road-cost question
Summary
An applicant seeking rezoning of Twin Lakes Road property proposed reducing density and offering amenities and contributions (including $200,000 for road work); councilors pressed staff over whether the contribution would cover an estimated $1 million rebuild and scheduled a vote for Thursday.
Attorney Shane Lam, representing the applicant for the Twin Lakes Road property owned by Twin Lakes Road LLC, asked Loganville City Council to rezone the site from CH to RM4 (after an earlier RM6 request) and described an amenity package he said exceeds $1 million, including a pool, pavilion, walking trails and a 3.5‑acre lake. "We would submit to mayor and council that the proposed development is compatible with the policies of Loganville's comprehensive plan," Lam said.
Why it matters: The applicant said the plan was intended to provide varied housing types and neighborhood walkability. Lam presented two unit-count figures in the record (an earlier 149-unit scenario and an alternative the applicant described as 111 units) and proposed site-specific conditions, including a mandatory homeowners association with an architectural review board and a 10% rental cap.
Council concern: Multiple councilmembers focused on who will pay for upgrades to Twin Lakes Road. City staff said a full rebuild could be roughly $1 million but that a core sample of the road base is needed to produce a reliable estimate. City staff warned that, "without cores, 200,000 is nowhere near enough." The applicant offered a $200,000 contribution toward road improvements and additional per‑unit contributions for sidewalks and other offsite improvements as proffers.
Council members debated options for splitting responsibility between the city and the developer, noting a prior purchaser had been expected to contribute around $135,000 under an earlier arrangement. The discussion also touched on whether sidewalk contributions could be repurposed for road work and on the geographic scope of the $1 million estimate (staff said the estimate covered the section from the applicant’s property line to Tom Brewer, not the entire stretch to I‑81).
Site specifics: Lam said the applicant revised the plan to reduce intensity (eliminating townhomes in favor of detached units facing Twin Lakes Road and Highway 78), proposed enhanced architectural standards on frontage lots, and said the draft conditions require site-plan‑specific approval and limit major deviations without council return. He noted the plan includes on‑street parking (originally described as 34 spaces; the applicant agreed to explore increasing that to 38).
Next step: Councilmembers agreed the rezoning item will be placed on the Thursday legislative meeting for a possible motion and vote.
Notes on transcript accuracy: The transcript contains varying unit counts and a garbled per‑unit contribution phrase (the record includes both "$111,000" and the text "$1,000 per unit" in close proximity). Where the record is unclear, this article reports the figures as they were read into the meeting record rather than substituting corrected totals.
