Council unanimously denies rezoning request for 273-acre Ricco property
Summary
After repeated Planning Commission hearings and public comment, Chattahoochee Hills council voted unanimously to deny a rezoning request for a 273.89-acre parcel at Ricco Road and Vernon Grove Road submitted by Ricco Investment LLC.
Council held a public hearing on a rezoning request (agenda item 25-006) to rezone roughly 273.89 acres from Rural Low-density to Hamlet Mixed Use. Staff and planning officials recounted that the application had been deferred and revised multiple times and had received a Planning Commission recommendation of denial following several prior hearings.
Planning staff noted the application had been before the Planning Commission six times and that the applicant sought an expansion of an existing hamlet rather than a stand-alone hamlet. After public comment and council discussion about the Unified Development Code and procedural concerns, a councilmember moved to deny the item. The mayor called for the vote and announced it was unanimous.
The mayor and staff clarified that a denial would impose a six-month period before a reapplication could be filed and that any future application would be considered under whatever UDC or comp-plan rules are in effect at that time. Residents who spoke during the hearing cited arborist and zoning-administrator concerns, flight-path noise, and tree preservation.
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