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BOC to consider Greer Development project Thursday

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – Greer Development Consulting project will be one of the New Business items the Board of Commissioners will consider when it meets in a regular meeting Thursday (Oct. 22) at 5 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 110 East Main Street, Suite 220.

Greer is looking to rezone 11.829 acres on Canton Hwy from Single Family Residential to Commercial Business District to accommodate an office/retail/bank/restaurant development with a conditional use permit for a kennel with outdoor facilities, a car wash and climate controlled self-service storage in buildings totaling 164,148 square feet with 226 parking spaces.

Greer is also seeking a number of variances, including a reduction in the zoning buffer from 40 feet to zero feet. The property is located approximately 190 feet east of the intersection of Canton Hwy. and Lakeside Lane.

Other New Business items include requests by:

Seefried Industrial Properties, Inc. to conduct around the clock business hours in warehouses totaling 442,495 sq. ft. with 1,810 parking spaces on 103.369 acres the property is located west of Shiloh Road and south of Cabot Parkway;

Fam Group, LLC to operate a 100 sq. ft. vehicle sales dealership in an existing building with 3 parking spaces on 2.196 acres currently zoned Restricted Industrial District (M1). The property is located at 915 Branch Drive, Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30004;

R & D of Woodstock, Inc. to build a 3,845 sq. ft. car wash with 14 parking spaces on 2.116 acres currently zoned Commercial Business District (CBD). The property is located at 734 Atlanta Highway, east of Atlanta Highway, approximately 100 ft. south of the intersection with Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Road;

Eric Vasquez to operate an open storage yard with 82 parking spaces on 3.106 acres currently zoned Commercial Business District (CBD). The property is located at 7505 Stripland Drive;

North America Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta, Inc., to expand and operate a place of worship in buildings totaling 26,138 sq. ft. in addition to existing buildings totaling 23,667 sq. ft. with 297 total parking spaces on 14.57 acres currently zoned Agricultural District (A1). The property is located at 700 James Burgess Road.

Commission Chairwoman Laura Semanson is expected to read a proclamation to declare the third Saturday of every month as Forsyth County Take Back Day in Forsyth County.

 

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