Johns Creek Approves 24-Home Subdivision

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After months of delay, the Johns Creek city Council at its July 27 meeting approved a rezoning request to accommodate two dozen single-family residential units.

The council on Monday approved a request from the Providence Group of Georgia to rezone 9.1 acres at 8139 and 8255 McGinnis Ferry Road from AG-1 (agricultural) to R-4 (single-family residential) to build a 24-unit single family residential subdivision.

The project was approved with the incorporation of the Planning Commission’s recommendations, some of which include:

• site plan shall contain a maximum of 24 detached single-family dwelling units;
• dwellings shall have a minimum heated floor area of 2,100 square feet;
• owner/developer shall provide an ornamental wall/fence along the entire property frontage along McGinnis Ferry Road; the wall/fence shall be 6-foot high and include brick and/or stacked stone columns spaced a minimum of 50 feet apart;
• All units shall provide a two-car garage;
• Owner/developer shall provide a minimum 25-foot landscape strip planted to buffer standards along the perimeter of the subdivision where adjacent to lots currently zoned for single-family residential development;
• Owner/developer shall provide no more than one right in/right out only driveway from McGinnis Ferry Road. No median opening will be allowed;
• Owner/developer shall provide a 15-foot wide pedestrian access easement from the internal subdivision street through the detention facility/stream lot to the southeast corner of the site;
• Owner/developer shall install a 5-foot wide sidewalk on both sides of internal streets; and
• The required front yard setback shall be a minimum of 18 feet from the back of the sidewalk to any front-facing garage door and a minimum of 15 feet from the back of the curb to the front of any residential structure, including porches.

The Providence Group’s petition was previously delayed at least twice: at the council’s May 11 meeting and June 15 meeting.

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