The Rosebud Coalition

L.T. Construction, Inc., as a contract buyer, has filed an application for annexation into the city of Snellville and rezoning of 2.75 acres at the corner of Rosebud Road and Brushy Fork Road. The property is currently owned by Stephen R. Moon.

The application, designed LUP 07-11, is for changes in the Land Use Plan and zoning map to allow a  ±12,000 sq. ft. Child Day Care facility with ±22,000 sq. ft. of playground area and future ±10,200 sq. ft. two-story office building and related parking. According to the applicant’s “Letter of Intent”:

Our intent is to have the subject property annexed into the City of Snellville and rezone the property to an OP (Office Professional) zoning. This zoning will allow us to develop a children’s day care facility on approximately 1.9 acres of the site. The day care facility will include a 12,000 s.f. building, 22,000 s.f of playground, 34 parking spaces and 2 bus parking spaces. A storm water detention/water quality pond is proposed on the southwest portion of the site with discharge being released into the drainage ditch along Rosebud Road. Water and sanitary sewer services are available in the adjacent roadways. Potentially an office building could be developed on the remaining 0.8 acres of the site, as illustrated on the attached Concept Plan, but that is not being proposed at this time. It is our opinion that the proposed zoning is transitional being between the adjoining LM zoned property and the R-100 residential (Gwinnett County) properties across Brushy Fork Road. Further, the daycare center will service the surrounding community by being in an ideal location for drop-off/pick-up by parents that travel Rosebud and Brushy Fork to and from work.

This same property was the subject of a rezoning application in 2004 in which the owner-applicant sought to build a convenience store, gas station and car wash.  After a unanimous recommendation of denial by the Planning Commission, the County Commission unanimously denied the application despite the efforts of the lame-duck Commissioner to approve it.

If we choose to oppose this application, most of the same arguments used in 2004 will still apply today. This situation will be a little different, however, in that the annexation and rezoning will be heard by the Snellville City Council, where the current political situation is much less stable and predictable than at the county level.

The rezoning procedure is slightly different in the city as well. The first official action will be a hearing before the Planning Commission on August 28. The annexation application, together with the land use plan and zoning amendment applications will be heard by Mayor and Council at a public hearing, the date of which has yet to be determined, pending Gwinnett County’s review of the annexation and land use plan amendment applications.

In the very near future, I will publish an action plan for this case. For now, please take a few minutes to review the application and other documents linked below.  Then, post your initial feelings on this case as a comment to this article. Time is of the essence.

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Aerial view | August 28 Agenda

Other items for review online include: Letter of Intent, Legal Description, Land Use Plan Amendment Application, Rezoning Application, Boundary Survey, Site & Concept Plan, Parcel & Area Map

New! Staff analysis… they recommend approval!

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