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First reading: 273.89‑acre Ricco Road rezoning would allow mixed‑use hamlet with ~274 homes; staff recommends deferral pending traffic study
Summary
Council held a first reading on rezoning 273.89 acres on Ricco Road from rural to hamlet mixed‑use (HMU); the concept proposes about 274 clustered residential units and about 71% permanent open/civic space. Staff recommended deferral until a required traffic study and refined concept plans are submitted.
The Chattahoochee Hills City Council heard a first reading Jan. 7 on a rezoning application to change roughly 273.89 acres along Ricco Road and Vernon Grove Road from RL (rural) to HMU (hamlet mixed‑use).
Community Development Director Mike Morton presented the concept plan, saying the proposal would protect about 71% of the property as open and civic space while allowing the developer to cluster about 274 residential units in four main areas and set aside a little more than one acre for nonresidential uses. Morton noted the district requires a minimum amount of nonresidential floor area and that the development is large enough to require a traffic study, which has not yet been submitted. “They proposed 274 residential units clustered in 4 main areas,” Morton said. Based on the missing traffic study and the need for more detailed concept plan information, staff recommended deferral and further public hearings once required studies are provided.
