Petition LUP-27

Search Tags<Eddie Sayeg, R-20, R-15, Shallowford Road, Shallow Court, Rabbit Rescue Shelter>

Edie Sayeg, 770-992-0235, representing herself, requests a Land Use Permit for the purpose of a Rabbit Rescue Shelter

Located at the southwesterly intersection of Shallowford Road, and Shallow Court, District 16, Landlots 310 & 339, Parcels, 12 &13

Size of tract is: .8 acres

Current zoning:  R-20

Contiguous zoning is:  North: GC; East: R-15; South: R-15, NS (Heatherwood); West: R-20 (Cork Wren)

Future Land Use: Low Density Residential

Case Manager: Tanya Roberts          

Planning Commissioner: Christi Trombetti     

District Commissioner: Thea Powell

Proposed Use: Rabbit Rescue Shelter

Staff Comments:

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Staff recommends: Denial

ECCA recommends:  Oppose.  This petition is another case of an established business moving into a residential area and applying for a LUP.  We are concerned with the intensity of the business with regard to the volunteers, number of people coming for adoptions, the store, boarding, grooming, classes and the deliveries to the rescue. While the applicant has made arrangements for overflow parking, the shopping center across the street would require people to run across three lanes of traffic on Shallowford Road without a light.  The school also is a distance away, making Shallow Court the easy choice of people coming to the Rescue.  We have had one complaint from the 3776 Shallow Court concerning the deliveries and the trucks blocking Shallow Court.  There is nothing temporary with this application as the applicant purchased this house for the business.  In addition, we are concerned with the potential of commercial encroachment into this residential area from the surrounding commercial area. We recommend denial with a reasonable period of time to relocate the business to an appropriate commercial area.

Planning Commissioners Action: Denied 5-0, but given to 12/31/10 to relocate

Board of Commissioners Action (Aug):  Hold to see if retail portion of application can be removed.

Board of Commissioner Action (Sept): Not available