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Council approves 60-townhome rezoning at 6350 Hospital Parkway with additional design condition
Summary
Johns Creek council approved rezoning RZ24002 to allow 60 townhomes on 6.74 acres at 6350 Hospital Parkway, with staff conditions and an added requirement for façade offsets and varied roof lines. The developer agreed to exceed material standards and estimated a $700K–$800K price range.
Johns Creek's City Council voted to amend the zoning map to allow a 60-unit townhouse development at 6350 Hospital Parkway, approving rezoning case RZ24002 with staff-recommended conditions and one additional design condition requiring façade offsets and varied roof lines.
Director Song told the council the 6.74-acre site is currently zoned mixed conditional and the applicant proposed TR (Townhouse Residential) for a 60-unit, owner-occupied subdivision at about 8.9 units per acre. Staff's review noted two stormwater management facilities, a required 75-foot stream buffer, 15% open-space requirement under TR zoning, and an estimated trip generation of roughly 406 daily trips (26 morning peak, 32 evening). "Fulton County Water and Sewer confirmed there is enough capacity," Song said, and staff recommended approval with conditions after the Planning Commission's unanimous recommendation.
Den Webb, representing Toll Brothers, described the project as the remaining residential piece of a previously approved mixed-use development and said the units would be sized roughly 1,900 to 2,600 square feet. "These are proposed to be in the $700,000 to $800,000 range," Webb said, adding Toll Brothers will supply amenities and has agreed to meet a higher-than-code exterior material requirement. Webb told the council the applicant agreed to the staff condition requiring 75% brick or natural precast stone on building facades.
Council discussion focused on sidewalks, traffic integration with future improvements by Emory Johns Creek, unit rooflines and façade variety, and HOA restrictions on rentals. In response to council concerns about monotonous elevations, the council added Condition 14 requiring that adjacent townhome units forming one building include façade offsets and varied roof lines; the applicant accepted the condition. The council then approved the rezoning by voice vote.
The rezoning will allow the developer to move into engineering and permitting steps subject to the city's environmental protection and land disturbance permitting requirements. The council noted anticipated neighborhood compatibility with adjacent commercial and medical uses and the project's alignment with the area's "live-work-play" comp-plan vision.
