Other action
Also during its meeting Tuesday, Forsyth County’s planning board recommended the county commission approve the following:
* A request from FrontDoor Communities LLC to rezone 31 acres from master planned district, or MPD, and agricultural district, or A1, to MPD for 62 lots.
Some of the lots covered in the request had already been rezoned, and all would be included in one development of Traditions on Castleberry Road, Atlanta Highway (Hwy. 9) and Majors Road for a total of 183 acres and 420 lots with 184,000 square feet of commercial space.
The vote was 4-0 with District 1’s Pam Bowman recused
* A rezoning request from Danny Lee Roper-Anchor Enterprises Inc. for a proposed 5,000-square-foot retail and restaurant building with 32 parking spaces on about 1 acre along Dahlonega Highway to become commercial business district, or CBD, from single family residential district, or D1.
In addition, the board:
* Gave final approval for a home occupational permit from applicant John E. Schuch to operate a metalworking workshop in the basement of his existing 1,525-square-foot home on about half an acre.
The site is zoned single family residential district, or R2R, in a neighborhood off Castleberry Road
*All votes were 5-0 unless otherwise noted.
-- Kayla Robins
CUMMING -- Residents and developers were given more time to reach compromises and air concerns for a proposed mega-grocery store southwest of Cumming after the Forsyth County planning board decided to postpone the rezoning application.
Concerns about involved parties not being ready to come to a consensus led to the 4-0 vote initiated by Greg Dolezal, whose District 3 encompasses the 27-acre corner of Castleberry and Bethelview roads that would be the site of the proposed Kroger.
Dolezal said he had not received updated conditions and wanted to meet further with the applicant and residents.
The main areas of discussion, according to Dolezal, include the location of the fuel station, a planting variance and site elevations.
District 1’s Pam Bowman recused herself from the discussion and any votes due to a self-reported conflict of interest.
The targeted intersection already has a Publix across the street and falls within an equestrian thematic overlay. The overlay did not exist when the Publix was rezoned.
The Kroger Co. application requested to rezone the property from its current industrial district, or M1, to commercial business district, or CBD, for 141,930 square feet of retail establishments with 658 parking spaces.
With the postponement, the planning board will hold a public hearing for the application during its next monthly meeting on Sept. 28.
Once a recommendation is made at the hearing, the county commission will consider the request, likely in October, for a final vote.