Zoning Board of Appeals - Regular Meeting
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Zoning Board of Appeals
- Meeting Type
- Zoning Board Of Appeals
- Location
- South Fulton, TN
- Meeting Date
- August 19, 2026
Transcript
8 sections
Thank you all for joining us at 5 pm today at the Information Meeting of the City of South Fulton Community Zoning. We have an objection, but we are investigating the laws. If you are not speaking, please do not speak. Please behave respectfully. Make sure that your questions and opinions are related to the topic of today's meeting. Until the speaker finishes speaking, wait and then ask your questions or opinions. Finally, more opinions can be emailed to planning at cityofsouthfulltoma.gov. These are some of the important rules to remember. Resoning and special use permits. Public Participation Plan Report must be submitted on September 9. Planning Commission hearing is on September 16. Public hearing with the Mayor and CET Council will be held on October 13. If you have any changes to make, the Public Participation Plan Report must be submitted on August 25. The Mayor and CET Council public hearing will be held on September 8. There may be changes in all meeting rules. For your Public Participation Plan Report, a community meeting should be held within 5 miles of the site where all visitors such as resourning, special use, short-term rentals, etc. are located. Also, there should be an audio-video recording of the meeting. Enter your hearing rules at the time sent by mail. As I said earlier, Public Participation Plan reports must be submitted on September 9. It must be submitted on August 25 for special use and for applications. This is the calendar that shows that we are now in the ninth cycle for special uses and resourcings. We are now in the eighth cycle for applications. So let's start with the first case. This is 4740 Poojam Direct Road anyway. Karim Milani AG1 Agricultural District, from South Fulton Parkway Overlay to C2 General Commerce requires rezoning to South Fulton Parkway Overlay. In addition, a special use permit is required to develop a gas station and convenience store in approximately 1.8 acres. In order to reduce the buffer of 100 feet and 10-foot improvement sidewalks, and to reduce the 35-foot side sidewalks to 10-foot, we are looking for relevant variants. In order to convert from a suburban neighborhood to a community center, we are looking for a future land-use transition. This is in Council District 5. At this time, the prosecutor will allow us to talk about their case. We will also allow the community members and residents to share their opinions, but we will continue. Thank you. My name is Ignacio Pereira. I am a civil engineer. I am here as a representative of the fondant company representing our client and as a representative of the project manager. Aha! According to this plan, we intend to construct a 3.91-acre site. We will build two gas pump stations, a convenience store, a drive-thru restaurant, and a retail building with parking facilities. This cannot be seen. Thank you. As you can see here, there is a development centre near South Parkway. There will also be road entrances from Derrick Road to South Bolton Parkway via South Bolton Parkway. My name is Ernest Gordon. I am a landowner on the road of 4090 Derry. Our property is connected to the property line here. From the last meeting in March, I can see that they have made some changes in this layout. In the year 4090, it is about the entrance and exit of the Derrick Road in front of our Aashanga-Amazon building. In the last meeting, we agreed that it is not good to build such an entrance gate in front of Amazon, because it will create a barrier to their access. When people try to get out of the Amazon parking lot, there is always a barrier to their access. I think they are suggesting an entrance gate that is not too far from that area. This is one of our wishes as citizens. Also, the trucks, accidents, and noise pollution in Amazon are the reasons why they have changed the sound issues we are experiencing before this development. Therefore, we are very concerned about the noise pollution of the property lines. So, I don't know what they are planning to do to create a barrier between our property and this project. The sound of trucks from South Fulton, Derrick Road, etc. is very disturbing. This is a major problem. So, we are completely against the gas station system. We know that a gas station has been built in South Fulton Parkway. Since we came in the evening, I don't know exactly what the full explanation of this method is. I know that they have made some changes in this layout. Therefore, I think that the main concern is the sound made in the buffer area in between our items and the entrance to Amazon, because they are suggesting to reduce the setback line. So, my wife and I are fans of this. They are trying to take that line to the prayer. So, we don't know how many places will be between our property and theirs. That is, this project. So, they want to reduce it to the prayer. It's very close. You can't see it in this, but if you look at GIS, GIS map, it's very close to the place where our house is built. It's not far from that object. So if they move it back, we have great expectations about it. They have made some changes, but if the city accepts this method and reduces those variances and buffers, that's our main expectation. If my wife has anything more to say about this, that's all I have to say.
Hello, my name is Shirley Gordon. This is my husband. I have the same wishes for my husband to get approval for the methods they propose. I have noticed that steel cables have been installed in front of this object, which is required by the city of South Fulton. Therefore, I don't understand how this can happen when there are electrical cables installed in South Fulton Town for the Adambara Town Homes in the opposite corner, which would be a problem for the Gathakadam. Then there is the fact that the setback is reduced to Pooja Madi. and we use the septic tank, our septic tank property is added to the line. Therefore, if the septic tank is there, it will affect our lifestyle. But let me say one more thing. My husband and I use this idea of bringing a gas station and other things there. And I want to know more about that barrier. What do you intend to put there as a barrier? We also know that there is a farm behind our farm. We know that it will create a problem for the farmers. Thank you. Hello. Yes, I think some of the things you said are correct. After some observations conducted with UMG.MI, my name is Nasir Alibi. I am helping in the design of this project and other things. And we decided that a black line on the derrick road should be built on the road where the vehicles pass, because GDOT needs to take into account the accidents in that junction and build it there. Therefore, we and GDOT believe that the number of accidents on that road will decrease due to the fact that two entrances and exits are allowed in that junction. If we talk about barriers, when we move from the first plan to the second plan, we have moved the barriers by about 50 feet. This will help to increase the distance between houses and properties. Therefore, by increasing the distance by more than 50 feet and by having two junctions, we expect that the demands of the society about the pollution and disasters in those junctions will be resolved and there will be more distance than in the first plan. So it will help reduce noise pollution and act as a barrier. And, but I think we can come up with a solution, that is, we can do more landscaping in a way that will help to reduce the damage from the other side. Okay. Do you have anything else to add?
The final plans were to connect the property line to the road. But now we are moving that driveway north to fill up a buffer area. Are you referring to Sasyas? Yes. Thank you, Sir. And we were wondering if it would be difficult for us to see where the entrance to the area he was indicating was. And this is what I have to say first about reducing the buffer. We are doing this for the things that are going to be developed. From the Dirk Road to South Fulton Parkway, the property line in the north of the driveway is where we are reducing the buffer. As you can see, we have the actual property line that covers your property. Then there is the access road. We have indicated the property line above it for development. Therefore, when we reduce the buffer by 35 feet, it will be inside the property line. Moreover, the rest of the space between the driveway and the entrance to the tech section or the entrance corridor. We are trying to provide the necessary space between that driveway and your property. I can understand what you are trying to say, sir. But when I look at this, I feel like you have entered our property from the drive area. Reason If I am not mistaken, what is the size of the parcel in front of me? The reason why the property line you see seems large is because we are using the parcel in the north of you. In addition, we are adding the g.property to it. The property is being made its own. That's why it looks large. But that second property line should be the property line in the north. I don't think this is right, sir, because we've been there since 2014 and we've conducted a survey before we bought this land. So, I would like you and your survey plot to do a good job. Because I think it's not correct as far as I know and what I see. After the meeting, we can continue to investigate this. I will give you the contact details of the project manager. Through that, you will be able to get information related to the survey. If you have any questions to share, I will give you his contact details. But the second property line you see here is according to the survey next to us. It should be the property line of the parcel standing there. Then this property on the north side, or the land area, is what we get from the Jet Right of Wales. When was the survey of this particular property conducted? I can't tell you the exact date. I will definitely tell you later, but I think it was at the beginning of last year, if I'm not mistaken. I will definitely tell you a little more specifically later. Okay.
I definitely want to investigate that. Because I think it was when someone surveyed the back of our object that it entered our Earth. So our side. Before we bought it in 2014, there was a survey done by eBOOMI, so I believe it will be more accurate to our plot than the one we gave you today. I understand. We will accept your next steps. One last question.
How are you going to handle the rainwater that comes down from the river in front of Amazon? The reason is that the water supply to the area up to South Fulton has not been properly maintained. This is the way to our house. The situation is very bad. The area is completely flooded. So, I don't know if you have planned the possibility of the water coming from South Fulton and the park around Derek to flow properly. I don't know if you have planned the possibility of the water coming from South Fulton and the park around Derek to flow properly. I don't know if you have planned the possibility of the water coming from South Fulton and the park around Derek to flow properly. I don't know if you have planned the possibility of the water coming from South Fulton and the park around Derek to flow properly.
I will say that it is not yet time to examine the water supply, hydrology, etc. of that area. But when we look at the design, we will examine it more carefully. Yes. Okay. If no one else has any other opinions or wishes, we can end this meeting here. Or, does anyone have any opinions or wishes in life? Thank you. Shubhas Sayanam, Reggie McClendon, Community Development Director. I have no comments or concerns, but I would like to make sure that the community is aware of when your general meeting will take place. Because this case is slightly changing from our regular calendar. Usually, we had to hold ECSIM and CZIM meetings two weeks ago. But due to some internal staffing issues, we had to postpone it a little, but we are helping the volunteers to keep up with this cycle. So, the time is very short, but can you tell us and the community where and when your general meeting will take place? I have to talk to the project manager and decide whether the meeting is confirmed or not. I have one more question. I have a little doubt about this.
Because last March we held a CESI CZI meeting. People came here that day. I think there was another project manager at that time. They had taken notes. They have recorded it. I and Udami were at the conference call, so he must have heard it. I don't know what happened to those minutes and meeting notes. Before the meeting in March, it had to be submitted to the director. Even though they wanted to move forward, they moved back and forth, and now we are here again. I don't know what happened to those discussions. I think they have taken things into consideration. That's why this was reimagined and we came back here. But I think this is starting all over again. It feels like it's starting all over again. Through this process, we have to go to a detailed meeting again. Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. Do you have more opinions or expectations from the public or the public?
Yes, that's right. So I have to be clear. I... I'm not sure, but I think this general meeting will take place next Saturday. Maybe it will be held in one of the small rooms here in Welcome Old Park. But please, I urge the public to wait for that announcement. If you go to South Fulton, there is a zoning case locator application that shows all of our zoning cases on the map. The information about public services has also been included in it, so we are sure that we are updating it correctly. If you are staying around one mile from this abandoned rezoning, you need to get information through Tabal. Okay, I think everyone was able to share their opinions and wishes. This is a final round of discussion. Are there any opinions or wishes from the public, the people, or anyone else? Okay, let's end today's yoga. Time. It's been 37 minutes since 5 am. The special community zoning yoga here ends here in August.
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