05-23-1977 Regular MeetingMAY 23, 1977
The scheduled meeting of the City of Smyrna Planning Commission was held
at City Hall, May 23, 1977 and called to order at 5:30 o'clock P.M. by
Vice Chairman Jack Miles. Also present was Tom Corso, Sam Owens, Richard
DeBord, Allen Potter, Jack Strickland and Anita Greathouse. Mr. Al Brooke
was absent.
The first order of business was a request from Mrs. Henry Koningsmark to
rezone 1326 Concord Rd. in Land Lot 553 from F. C. to G. C.. Property
being Described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot
553, of the 17th District, Cobb County, Georgia and being
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin at the southeasterly intersection of
Love St. (Concord Rd.) and Lee Street; thence south 89 degrees,
22 minutes, east a distance of 80.55 feet; thence south 1 degree,
50 minutes, 30 seconds and west a distance of 113.75 feet; thence
south O,degrees, 38 minutes west a distance of 69.65 feet; thence
south 80 degrees, 9 minutes, 30 seconds, west a distance of 81.95
feet; thence North 1 degree, 21 minutes, east a distance of 198.06
feet along the easterly right-of-way of Lee St. to the true point
of beginning.
Mr. Bill Lucas was present to represent Mrs. Koningsmark. Mr. Lucas is the
prospective buyer. He.stated he wanted to build a tire store, which he
plans to operate. After some discussion Richard DeBord made a motion the
zoning be denied because (1) lot width at set back line to narrow on front,
(2 & 3) both side set back are inadequate, (4) the lot size is approximately
15,000 sq. ft. and should be 20,000 sq. ft. (6) the G. C. zoning does not
conform to the Future Land Use Map which shows the usage of this property
should be L. C. . Vote on the motion was unanimous.
The second order of business was a request from Burton C. Baldwin,
725 Burbank Circle, located in land lot 375 from R-15 to L. C.. Property
being described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot
375, 17th District, Second Section, Cobb County, Georgia,
bei},g Lot 12, Block A, Belmont Hills Subdivision, Unit 1, as
shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 77, Cobb County
records and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin on the westerly side of Burbank Cir.
100.00 feet southerly from the intersection of the westerly
side of Burbank Circle and the southerly hide of Cherokee Rd.,
as measured along the westerly side of Burbank Circle; running
thence westerly 120.0 feet to an iron pin; thence southwesterly
38.3 feet to an iron Din; thence southeasterly 150.85 feet to
an iron pin on the northwesterly side of Burbank Circle; thence
northeasterly and northerly along the northwesterly and westerly
side of Burbank Circle; and following the curvature thereof,
110.0 feet to an iron pin and the point of begimiing.
Mr. Baldwin was present and stated he wanted to remodel the building and
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use it as an office, but he has not decided what type office he wants.
After some discussion Richard DeBord made a motion to recommend the
rezoning be denied because (1) it does not conform to the Future
Land Use Map and (2) does not conform to Article VIII-B, item 1, page 37,
which states as follows: "No building in any of the nonresidential districts
shall be located closer than (50) feet to any property line which abuts a
residential district." Vote on the motion was unanimous.
Mr. Sterling Bowen submitted a preliminary plat for a proposed subdivision
consisting of 31 lots. After some discussion the plat was approved by
unanimous vote. This will be Patricia Place Subdivision.
Mr. Jerry Mills was present to bring the commission up to date on the
Ruff property at Concord Rd. and Hurt Rd.. There has not been a final
judgement made as of yet and it is scheduled to be brought up again in
June before the State Superior Court.,
Mr. Mills also made inquiries about the Cherokee Road study that was
made by the Planning Commission and reported on at the May 24, 1976
Planning Commission meeting page 48 of the minute book.
Mr. Tim McGarry was also present and presented the rough draft of the
proposed Zoning Ordinance changes to be reviewed and discussed at a
later date.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 P.M.
Jack Miles , Vice Chairman