By Shane Scoggins
Publisher
CARNESVILLE – A developer has withdrawn an application seeking rezoning and variances to allow for a 381-lot “manufactured home” development on Old Federal Road.
A hearing on the applications was scheduled for Thursday night in front of the Franklin County Planning Commission, but Planning Director Scott DeLozier said the request was withdrawn.
A separate application by the same company for a 399-lot development of townhomes at the intersection of Highways 51 and 59 was not withdrawn.
A hearing on that development will be held Thursday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. at the Franklin County Justice Center.
The manufactured home development was planned to have 381 lots on 91.27 acres at 10990 Old Federal Road.
The site is currently zoned for commercial-industrial use, but developers had applied to have it rezoned to residential-multi-family.
The plan at that site was to develop 381 lots for “attractive manufactured homes,” according to the withdrawn application filed with the Franklin County Planning Department.
In the application, Corridor Development also asked that commissioners issue a variance to allow 5.14 lots per acre for the development, instead of the designated four lots per acre size that are allowed by Franklin County zoning regulations.
The Planning Commission will consider Corridor Development’s plans for a mixed-use development on 52.48 total acres at the intersection of Highways 51 and 59 just south of the Exit 160 interchange.
Corridor Development is asking that the property be rezoned from agricultural-intensive to residential multi-family and highway business.
The developers plan to use five acres of the property to build a convenience store at the corner of the two state highways.
Other storefronts for other businesses would be available in the same building as the store.
The remaining 47.48 acres would be used for a 399-lot subdivision of townhomes.
The townhomes would include three-bedroom units.
Developers are seeking several variances for the property.
One variance would increase lot density to allow 8.4 units per acre (as opposed to eight units per acre as county zoning regulations allow).
A second variance would increase the number of units per building from four (as county zoning regulations specify) to six.
Variances are also sought to cut the front setback from 50 feet to 15 feet, side setbacks from the property lines from 20 feet to 10 feet and rear setbacks from 50 feet to 25 feet.
The development will also include dog parks, playgrounds, a pickleball court, “pocket parks” and other green spaces, along with a pool/cabana/patio/lounge area for residents.
The site already has access to the utilities needed: water, sewer and electricity.
Following today’s hearing, the planning commission will vote on whether or not to recommend that commissioners approve the rezoning and variance requests.
Also on the planning commission’s agenda will be a request to rezone property on Highway 326 from agriculture intensive to residential multi-family for a 10-lot subdivision on 23.99 acres.
Commissioners will hold their own hearing and consider the rezoning and variance requests in April.