Parking for Massive Distribution Center
on Chastain Meadows Pkwy
UPDATE: case held until August 17
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Z-42 is an upcoming zoning case for a parking lot to be built on Chastain Meadows Pkwy just south of the new Piedmont Medical Building. The proposed 9-acre parking lot is for 320 delivery vans’ overnight parking. This parking lot is to support a proposed 141,000+ SF Distribution Facility development operating 24/7 on the 35 acres just south of it. The distribution facility parking lots will consist of parking for additional 577 vans (897 total) with loading docks for 15 semitrucks.
For several hours every morning, 72 delivery vans will simultaneously exit the facility via Chastain Meadows Parkway and access both I-575 and I-75 highways. This will cause traffic grid lock and a possibly a proliferation of new gas stations to serve all the commercial vehicles at the expense of residential property values. The property for the Distribution Facility is already zoned commercial so will not be heard as a zoning case. This entire development of almost 45 acres will be clear-cut and will cause excessive commercial truck traffic, pollution, noise, and water runoff (that will negatively affect subdivisions South of the site and exacerbate flooding along Noonday Creek). This distribution facility will not benefit area residents but instead will adversely impact the property values, standard of living, and quality of life of nearby area residents.
Please email our Commissioners with your concerns. This case will be heard by the Board of Commissioners (BOC) on July 20th. Letters (emails) are due July 14 to the BOC. Copy and paste into one email: JOANN.BIRRELL@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, LISA.CUPID@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, KELI.GAMBRILL@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, JERICA.RICHARDSON@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, MONIQUE.SHEFFIELD@COBBCOUNTY.ORG
For several hours every morning, 72 delivery vans will simultaneously exit the facility via Chastain Meadows Parkway and access both I-575 and I-75 highways. This will cause traffic grid lock and a possibly a proliferation of new gas stations to serve all the commercial vehicles at the expense of residential property values. The property for the Distribution Facility is already zoned commercial so will not be heard as a zoning case. This entire development of almost 45 acres will be clear-cut and will cause excessive commercial truck traffic, pollution, noise, and water runoff (that will negatively affect subdivisions South of the site and exacerbate flooding along Noonday Creek). This distribution facility will not benefit area residents but instead will adversely impact the property values, standard of living, and quality of life of nearby area residents.
Please email our Commissioners with your concerns. This case will be heard by the Board of Commissioners (BOC) on July 20th. Letters (emails) are due July 14 to the BOC. Copy and paste into one email: JOANN.BIRRELL@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, LISA.CUPID@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, KELI.GAMBRILL@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, JERICA.RICHARDSON@COBBCOUNTY.ORG, MONIQUE.SHEFFIELD@COBBCOUNTY.ORG
Joker audio's application to build adjacent to residential neighborhoods
CONTINUED AGAIN. To be heard by Planning Commission at August meeting.
This zoning case has to do with a developer who is requesting to build a retail strip mall on the corner of Piedmont and Bells Ferry next to CVS (140 Piedmont Rd). The applicant wants to add an automotive repair establishment (Joker’s Audio), a car wash, and other “to be determined” businesses. This piece of property is adjacent to two residential subdivisions, and across the street from two more subdivisions as well as an Elementary school. This development will allow extensive 7 day a week operating hours, increase noise levels substantially, and cause extra traffic to an already busy intersection. Therefore, it is the BFCA’s position that should this case be approved, certain proposed retail establishments should be excluded in the re-zoning of this parcel of land and noted in the stipulations. This includes any type of fuel sales, light automotive repair establishments (such as Joker’s Audio), carwashes, and eating and drinking establishments, including drive-in fast food restaurants.
This zoning case has to do with a developer who is requesting to build a retail strip mall on the corner of Piedmont and Bells Ferry next to CVS (140 Piedmont Rd). The applicant wants to add an automotive repair establishment (Joker’s Audio), a car wash, and other “to be determined” businesses. This piece of property is adjacent to two residential subdivisions, and across the street from two more subdivisions as well as an Elementary school. This development will allow extensive 7 day a week operating hours, increase noise levels substantially, and cause extra traffic to an already busy intersection. Therefore, it is the BFCA’s position that should this case be approved, certain proposed retail establishments should be excluded in the re-zoning of this parcel of land and noted in the stipulations. This includes any type of fuel sales, light automotive repair establishments (such as Joker’s Audio), carwashes, and eating and drinking establishments, including drive-in fast food restaurants.
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