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Developers seek five variances for Sprouts-anchored shopping center on Brand Road
Summary
GBT Realty asked the Planning & Zoning Commission for five major variances to build a 32,073 sq ft Sprouts-anchored shopping center at 530–540 Brand Road, citing lot shape, stream buffers and steep grades as hardship; staff and engineers said a traffic study shows the intersection would function the same with or without the project.
Tim Mondello, identified as a GBT Realty representative, opened the applicant presentation by describing the proposed development: “This project would total 32,073 square feet of proposed retail space to include a 23,273 square foot Sprouts with 8,800 square feet of adjacent multi tenant retail shops,” he said.
Kelly Hyatt, representing GBT Realty, walked the commission through five variance requests affecting landscape buffers on Brand Road and Oak Grove Road, an encroachment into the city’s 50-foot undisturbed stream buffer along Big Flat Creek, a deletion of a 25-foot non-impervious setback beyond that stream buffer, and a reduction of required parking stall length from 19 feet to 18 feet. Hyatt said those requests stem from physical constraints on the 3.61-acre parcel: “This property with the stream buffers in the back and then the double road frontage ends up with 22% of the property encumbered,” she said.
Hyatt and the applicant’s team said they had completed a traffic impact study and submitted it for review; the applicant reported the study shows the Brand Road and Oak Grove intersection “will function the same with or without our project.” The team also offered design adjustments they said would limit stormwater and grading impacts, and noted they have site engineers available to answer technical questions.
The commission did not take final action on all requests at once; each variance was voted on individually. Staff reminded the commission that the cases would proceed to a second public hearing before the Loganville City Council on Aug. 10 and a council vote on Aug. 13.
