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Developers propose 274-unit 'hamlet' on Ricco Road; council seeks traffic study
Summary
Ricco Investments LLC seeks rezoning for about 274 acres on Ricco Road for a 274-unit hamlet with 71% preserved as open space; planning staff recommended deferral until a required traffic study is submitted. The applicant described sewer and water routing and council members pressed for pedestrian connectivity and limits on gravel-road paving.
Planning staff brought the first read of a rezoning application from Ricco Investments LLC for roughly 273.89 acres on Ricco Road, proposing an HMMU-designated hamlet with about 274 residential units and roughly 191 acres preserved as permanent open space.
"We have an application from Ricco Investments LLC for 273.89 acres... The proposal shows 71% of the property protected as open space," planning staff said, and noted that because of the size of the project the city requires a traffic study, which had not yet been received. Staff said their recommendation would be deferral until the study arrives.
The applicant's representative, Chris West, described infrastructure plans: sewer would be brought from the north (near the Palmetto area) and nearby Fulton County water lines would be extended. West said the principal entities associated with the applicant already control adjacent parcels and easements should not be an impediment to bringing utilities to the site.
Council members and staff questioned details they said the council would need before advancing the rezoning: where pedestrian connections and vehicular accesses would align, whether phase separations were clearly shown, how many homes each phase would contain (one speaker noted a roughly 30-acre Phase 3), and what traffic controls or turning lanes the traffic study might recommend. Staff indicated they would require mapped pedestrian connections and easements at the planning phase and that a condition limiting vehicular connections to gravel roads could be considered for safety.
No formal action was taken; staff said they would expect the traffic study by the next city council meeting and recommended deferral until that analysis is available.
