For example, the county's zoning board faces a dozen requests at public hearings this month from developers who want to build up to six townhomes and single-family residences per acre instead of the existing two-homes-per-acre zoning.
As an example, Perimeter Group Corp. is asking the zoning board to approve 116 lots on 39 acres at its Hickory Flat Church of God property on Bailey Road in Woodstock, GA. The developer of East Cherokee Village wants commercial zoning for 10 acres of its 27-acre site and zero-lot-line zoning for 71 lots on the remaining 17 acres at East Cherokee Drive and Tomahawk Trail.
A developer proposing 36 townhomes on an eight-acre tract on Bells Ferry Road, north of Dockside Downs Drive, is asking for zero-lot-line zoning to develop the dwellings in a more compact configuration, brokers report. County planning department staffers confirm to GlobeSt.com that the county receives on average one rezoning application per week from developers.
Spotted by commercial and multifamily developers as a niche market, the county has general-obligation sales-tax bonds (series 2000) that were upgraded by S&P in July 2003 to AA from AA-. S&P based its new rating on "continued local economic diversification, strong tax-base growth and strong management practices." S&P expects the county to "maintain its strong financial position while managing the pressures associated with rapid population growth."
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