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Council approves rezoning to allow two private colleges at 11300 Johns Creek Parkway
Summary
The Johns Creek City Council on Nov. 17 approved Ordinance RZ250002 and two concurrent variances to permit two private colleges to occupy an existing office building at 11300 Johns Creek Parkway. Staff said the change would reduce projected daily trips and requires no exterior site changes.
On Nov. 17 the Johns Creek City Council voted to approve Ordinance RZ250002 and two concurrent variances (VC250010 and VC250011) to rezone a 2.2-acre property at 11300 Johns Creek Parkway from M1A to OI, allowing private college use in an existing 17,158-square-foot building.
Director Ben Song told the council the proposal would convert interior office space to classrooms and clinics for two sister institutions and would not change the building exterior or parking configuration. "The 2 colleges with 40 expected students on campus would generate 62 daily trips," Song said, and staff projected a reduction in daily trips from about 250 to 164 compared with general office use. Song said Fulton County confirmed adequate water and sewer capacity for the use.
Attorney Alex Brock, representing the applicant JWG Incorporated, and John Yu, CEO of the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine and Ivy College, described the plan as primarily an educational and clinical outpost with most instruction delivered online. Brock said the city had already acquired right-of-way for a planned roundabout, which removed a previously proposed condition. Song and the planning staff recommended approval with the Planning Commission's modified conditions; the council approved the ordinance by voice vote after a motion was made and seconded.
The approved variances reduce the required parking from 77 spaces to 60 and allow existing parking to encroach into the minimum front-yard and side-corner setbacks under the OI zoning standards. Council members asked whether the Johns Creek location would replace or supplement the Duluth campus; John Yu said it would be a second location, with most students still online and a core of students using the Johns Creek campus for labs and clinical practice.
The ordinance and variances passed on a council voice vote; the transcript records the motion, second and verbal approval but does not contain a roll-call tally.
