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Emory seeks to convert Johns Creek memory-care building into residential wellness and recovery center
Summary
Emory has applied to change the use of a memory-care building at 12050 Finley Road to a residential wellness and recovery center, leaving the ONI base zoning unchanged; the applicant says the building’s exterior won’t change and traffic would be reduced.
Emory has filed a request to change the use of an existing memory-care facility at 12050 Finley Road to a residential wellness and recovery center, city staff said at a public participation meeting. "This is the zoning public participation meeting," said Ruchi Agarwal, planning and zoning manager with the city of Johns Creek, introducing the case and the applicant.
Chuck Palmer, attorney with Troutman, Pepperlock, representing Emory, told attendees the proposal would not alter the site’s base ONI (office and institutional) zoning but would change how the building is used. "Emory is proposing for this facility to be operated as a residential wellness and recovery center," Palmer said, and he added the operator has experience with similar facilities across the South.
Palmer said the building would remain essentially the same on the roughly seven- to 7.6-acre site and that any work would be largely interior. He also said the applicant believes the proposed use is compatible with surrounding properties, which the presentation identified as owned by the Simpson organization, Ebix, Emory Johns Creek Hospital and the Standard Club golf course.
The meeting closed the applicant’s formal presentation and opened a question-and-answer period. Agarwal reminded the public that this meeting is the first public step and that if the case proceeds there will be a planning commission hearing on Dec. 2 and a subsequent city council public hearing in December where a final decision would be made.
