Applicant proposes major development in Cherokee County

Cherokee County residents are invited to provide input in April on a proposal to build a mixed-use development in the southwest part of the county consisting of apartments, townhomes, offices and restaurants.

SW Cherokee Holdings LLC is applying to Cherokee County to rezone 39.46 acres from single-family residential), neighborhood commercial, general commercial and office/institutional to general commercial (4.46 acres) and multi-family residential (35 acres) at 3387 Highway 92 near Acworth in southwest Cherokee County, to build a mixed-use development.

The applicant has proposed 485 multifamily apartments, 73 townhomes and 941 parking spaces, according to county documents. The development is also proposed to include 13,500 square feet of office space, 8,600 square feet of retail space, 16,000 square feet of restaurant space and 226 parking spaces.

The applicant is also requesting the following:

A variance to the zoning ordinance for relief to the Highway 92 Overlay Streetscape.To reduce a zoning buffer to 10-feet adjacent to R-40 zoned property.To eliminate the internal zoning buffers between GC and RM-16.To allow streets to not end in a cul-de sac.To allow front building setbacks to be zero to 12 feet.To allow disturbance and replanting of zoning buffers.To reduce parking ratios as presented.To allow an existing wireless tower to be located within a property line a distance less than the height of the tower.

Due to the number of proposed residential units, the developer was required to submit a Development of Regional Impact application to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. More about SW Cherokee Holdings’ DRI application can be found on the DCA website at https://apps.dca.ga.gov/DRI/Submissions.aspx.

A public hearing for this request is set to take place during the 6 p.m. April 7 Cherokee County Planning Commission meeting at the Cherokee County Conference Center, 1130 Bluffs Parkway in Canton.

The planning commission will provide a recommendation for this application at that meeting. The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners will then discuss the request at a later date to be determined.

If approved, this development would be adjacent to the Vestavia Estates subdivision and Salem Woods subdivision. This development would also be near the 56-acre Woodworth Park coming to the area.