New Petition to Cobb County BoC: Tell Beazer Homes No Dam/Lake for development!
New Petition to Cobb County: tell Beazer Homes No Dam/Lake for development!
The undesirable outcome of Z 2022-29 Beazer Homes LLC, the huge 175 acre rezoning and annexation on Bells Ferry Road was a disappointment for everyone except Beazer, the Montgomery heirs, the zoning attorney and the 3 Marietta Council Member/Realtors who voted to approve it. Thanks to the 411 people who signed the petition opposing the rezoning and those who attended the January 11th Council Meeting and to those who spoke.
The large Bells Ferry property issues aren’t quite resolved yet. The rezoning and annexation don’t become final until 30 days after the January 11th approval or on about February 10. There is a related issue going on: Beazer is planning to use the 27 acre Laura Lake for its stormwater runoff, rather than build its own stormwater detention facility. There was probably a tentative discussion with Cobb Stormwater at the time the application was with the County. Now that the City has annexed the large tract and rezoned the 175 acres for 592 homes, a new discussion is or will be taking place. Currently there is no written or verbal agreement between Beazer and Cobb County to use the Laura Lake (and Dam) for stormwater detention for the huge development. Beazer stated in an interview that the development hinged on using the lake. This gives Cobb County one more chance to take charge of a large rushed zoning process with very little discussion from the City or Beazer.
Here is a link to the Marietta Council Meeting on January 11th and the Z 2022-29 Beazer rezoning.
The zoning hearing starts at 35 minutes into the video, the community response at 58 minutes and the annexation starts at 1 hr 31 min
Below is a link to the MDJ article about the zoning approval
https://news.yahoo.com/marietta-oks-sprawling-600-home-233400137.html
The entire annexation and rezoning process was rushed and forceful. Cobb does NOT owe the City or Beazer any favors. I hope the county will play hardball and require Beazer to build their own stormwater detention facilities or Cobb should demand some meaningful exactions from the developer.
If you are aggravated by the outcome of the City rezoning and annexation (aka the great Marietta land grab) please sign the petition. Let Cobb County Commissioners know how you feel about this issue.