Planning Commission - workshop
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Cherokee County, GA
- Meeting Date
- October 19, 2026
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Monday, October 19, 2026
8 items on the agenda.
CALL TO ORDER
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Evan Cohn for Georgia Power Company (Dist. 1).
The applicant is requesting to rezone 2-acres of property from R-80 (Estate Residential) to City of Ball Ground LI (Light Industrial). There are existing transmission lines on the property but there is no proposed change in use.
Mark C. Murphy for The Fuller Center for Housing of Greater Atlanta
Review applicant's request to rezone 6.24 +/- acres from R-40 (Single Family Residential) to RZL (Single Family Residential) for a 13-lot single-family detached residential subdivision. The Applicant is also requesting concurrent variances to: (1) Development Regulations, Section 4.15K, to not require sidewalks on both sides of the street; (2) Article 7, Section 7.4-2C, to allow homes to be centered on the lot; (3) Article 10, Table 10.1, to allow the 20' undisturbed buffer to be included in the rear setback of the lots on the northwest side of the street; and (4) Development Regulations, Section 4.08A, to allow a hammerhead turnaround in place of a cul-de-sac.
David Millis for The Anvil Academy (Applicant); Christian Outreach Ministries (Owner)
The Applicant is requesting a Special Use Permit under Article 7, Section 7.7-15C(5) to operate The Anvil Academy, a private hybrid middle school for grades 6–8, as an accessory use to a place of worship on 36.76 +/- acres zoned R-40. The school would serve two cohorts of 24 students, each attending two days per week (Tuesday/Thursday and Wednesday/Friday), from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. No more than 27 students and staff combined would be on site on any school day. No new construction is proposed.
Scotty and Evelyn Calhoun
The Applicant is requesting to rezone 1 +/- acres from County AG (General Agriculture) to City CCR (City Center-Residential) within the City of Ball Ground to continue current use of a single-family residence.