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A proposed rezoning for 135 townhomes was denied by the Newnan City Council on Tuesday. The rezoning would have been situated on the corner of Highway 70 and the Highway 34 Bypass.
The Newnan City Council denied the rezoning and annexation of land on Roscoe Road that would have been used to construct 135 fee-simple townhomes.
The council voted 5-1, with George Alexander voting in favor, to deny the rezoning of around 20 acres of land on Roscoe Road from General Commercial District, or CGN, to Residential Multiple-Family Dwelling – Lower Density District, or RML. The council voted the same way against annexing around 1.1994 acres of land into the city of Newnan.
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The proposed townhomes were set to fill a “missing middle” sector, as well as a need that apparently had not yet been met in the west side of Newnan, specifically west of Jackson Street, said Melissa Griffis, representing applicant Apex Land Company.
The project had been delayed several times as Apex Land Company sought a builder for the project.
According to city documents, the development would have been housed in 21 buildings, with each building housing between three and eight townhomes. No homes would have been placed on the land being proposed for annexation.
In a request to rezone the property, Apex Land Company suggested that the property would have been a great location for multi-family townhomes as the property is adjacent to a county townhome subdivision and other residential zoning districts.
According to Aaron Rissler, owner of Apex Land Company, the properties would have started at the mid-300s.
One person spoke against the proposed townhomes. Jenny Jones, who has lived in the area for 27 years, spoke against the townhomes. She said she moved to Newnan for its rural character and spoke against increased traffic that could have come from the townhomes.
“Newnan has become so overgrown, especially in the last 10 or so years, especially on the bypass,” Jones said. “I know from living it that, at night, you used to couldn’t hear any traffic on the bypass. Now it’s almost 24 hours a day because there’s been so much building, and now people going from the bypass, coming in towards the city and Bullsboro, there’s constant traffic. If you put all of these townhomes on the bypass, not only will it affect traffic, but the schools are going to be impacted.”
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