Mayor and Council - Regular Meeting

All right. Good evening and welcome Good evening and welcome to the uh planning and zoning meeting for the city of Smyrna. Here it is again. Today is March 9th, 2026 at 6 PM. This meeting is called to order. At this time, I'd like to ask that you silence your electronic devices. Uh for those of you joining us for the first time, this meeting is conducted much like a council meeting. As such, each application will include a presentation from city staff followed by question and answer session between staff and the board. Following staff's presentation, we'll have the applicant come and tell us about their case. Once all the questions have been satisfied, we'll have an opportunity for anyone in attendance to come forward and speak in favor of or opposition to the application. We just ask that you come forward one at a time, state your name and address for the record, and please sign the sign-in sheet right up here next to the podium. Um, the first item on our agenda is item Z2610. This is a plat approval uh to allow subdivision of two lots into three lots for a single family home with then the R15 zoning district. This 1.88 88 acres land lot 485 3278 3288 King Springs Road the applicant is PM Builders Mr. Stops the background. Police Joey Sabs, planner 2 with community development. The applicant is PM Builders. Your recommendation will go to Marin Council next Monday. Excuse me. Subject properties are 3278 and 3288 King Springs Road.

It's 1.76 acres in Ward 3. There's two single family homes on the properties now. Um they're proposing three lots for three single family detached homes. The property was approved for four lots in 2020 with variances for a 5-ft setback and lot width of 50 feet. This is the four lot plan that was approved. It had a share drive with uh leading to rear entry garages. The proposed plat has three lots um the same R15 setbacks that were already approved. Instead of a 50ft lot width, they're uh 70 foot lot width now. And they each have a single f they each have a a driveway connecting to a side entry garage. These are the subject properties. some adjacent properties. We're recommending approval of the three lot subdivision in the R15 zoning district with the following conditions. The minimum 70 foot lot width. Uh repair any damaged curb, gutter, and sidewalk. Install new sidewalk in King Springs where needed. Restore the existing driveways with curb cut curbs and gutter. Uh storm water management if necessary. and to be in substantial compliance with the site plan, the the preliminary plat that was submitted with the application. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Any questions for Mr. Sts? Okay. Thank you, sir. At this time, I'd like to ask the applicant to come forward and tell us a little bit about your plan. Good evening and welcome. And it pains me to see you on with that stick in your hand.

It pains me as well. I'm sure they tell you with age comes wisdom. They don't tell you that also comes aches, pains, and arthritis. But anyway, uh my name's Brad Thompson with PM Builders with offices at 530 Ridgewater Drive in Marietta. Um as Joey stated, we previously were approved for four lots. We are uh with the changing market and with this particular area, we've decided that what we want to try to do is is build homes with a primary bedroom on the main floor for old people like me, so they don't have to go up and deal with stairs. And we couldn't do that on a four lot plan and make it work and live very well. So, we decided to go to a three lot plan. And um that allows us to have wider footprint and be able to get a primary bedroom on the main floor and then have the rest of the bedrooms upstairs. So that's the reason for our request to go from three to from four to three. And um they'll all be approximately 4,000 square feet, maybe as little as 3,700, might be as much as 4,200, but that's pretty much the range of the square footage. And they will um retail for over a million bucks. That's all we got unless anybody have questions for me.

Any questions for Mr. Thompson? Thank you, sir. At this time, we'd like to ask if there's anyone in attendance that would like to come forward and speak in favor of or opposition to this application. Okay. Any further discussion? I'd like to entertain a motion if nobody's got anything they want to add. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve request Z26-10.

Motion to approve, Mr. Howard. I got a second, Mr. Rice. All in favor? The application is approved. 6. Good luck, Mr. Thompson, especially with that knee. All right. The next item on our agenda is B26-019. This is a variance request. allow the subdivision of one lot into two um lots with the lot width variance for 89 acres and land lot 632. This is 2773 Mildred Place. Michael Holt is the applicant. Mr. Stabs, the background, please.

Yes, sir. This is a plat approval with a variance for lot. The applicant is Michael Holtz. Again, your recommendation will go to mayor and council next Monday. The subject property is 2773 Mildred Place, a little under an acre. There is uh one single family home on the property and the proposal is to subdivide it to keep the existing home and then build a new home on the new lot. This is the property currently and that's the proposed lot line. Basically, the lot width varianc is to keep the gravel driveway all on the existing lot and not on the the new lot. They'll have the R15 setbacks and minimum lot width from 85 ft to 75 ft, excuse me, of a side entry garage. Again, the minimum lot width reduction from 85 ft to 75 ft. This is a picture of the subject property and some adjacent properties. Staff recommends approval of the two lot subdivision in the R15 zoning district with the lot width variance 75 ft and substantial compliance with the site plan submitted. I'll be happy to answer any questions.

Any questions for Mr. Sts? Okay. At this time, we'd like to ask the applicant to come forward and tell us a little bit about your plans. Good evening and welcome, Mr. Holton.

Hey, good afternoon or evening. We have um a older home presently my daughter and son-in-law are occupying uh as you can see on the site plan. And um we're we're wanting to break off this one piece of the of the property to build her new home and a son-in-law as well. And um house will be approximately uh 4,000 square ft uh somewhat country style home that would go well with the neighborhood. And um that's pretty much it. The reason the property line is skewed and not straight back uh is because we're uh going to be connecting to the city sewer system out the back of the lot instead of coming out the front of the lot. Um and that's the reason for the the skew to get um to to get within that uh Shannondoa uh right away.

Okay. Any questions for the applicant? Mr. Carter? Michael. Hey, thank you. Uh, so it look like the property line's being drawn a little off center to keep that gravel driveway. Yeah, it keep about 75 foot is about as far over as we could go to not infringe I'm sorry to not infringe on the current uh setup of the driveway and stuff.

And are there two curb cuts on that driveway? Looks like it wraps around. I I wouldn't call them curb cuts. They've got uh kind of like a maybe a little stone turn up at the edge of the asphalt. I wouldn't classify him as a what you would say a normal curb curb and gutter system. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions for Mr. Holt? Yeah. So the current house that if I understand you correctly, the intent is to build something new and your daughter and son-in-law will move to the new property. Do you I I guess I already know intention wise like the existing house. Do you have an eye on like something happening there? That structure staying?

The house there, it's a it's a nice house. It's a comfortable house. Uh they've lived there for a couple years. Um, and our plan is just to pretty much just maybe do a little bit of facelift on it and keep everything pretty much the same and would be leased out to hopefully somebody that would be a good neighbor. Thank you. Any other questions? All right. Thank you, Mr. Okay. Thank you. This is a public hearing. At this time, we'd like to ask if there's anyone in attendance that would like to come forward and speak in favor of or opposition to this application.

All right. With that, I'd like to entertain a motion. Mr. Howard, make a motion to approve. Is that supposed to be a V or is that a Z? V like Victor. V like Victor. All right. Uh, make a motion to approve V26-019. Have a motion to approve, Mr. Howard. I have a second, Mr. Rice. All in favor, please vote. All right. Your application is approved. 6. Good luck at mayor and council.

All right. Yes, sir. The next item on our agenda is Z26-001. This is a resoning request to allow for reszoning from uh GC to mixeduse conditional for mixeduse development with three multifamily units and 1680 square ft of office space. This is 28 acres land lot 634. This is 1715 Rosal Street. Mr. Aboy is the applicant. Mr. Stav's background, please. Yes sir. This is reszoning case C26-00001. The applicant is Anthony Oboy. Your recommendation will go to mayor and council on April 20th. Subject property is 1715 Roswell Street at 0.28 acres. Currently there's a a building occupied with an office use on the property. The proposal will be to demo that building for a three-story mixeduse building with two 840 square foot office units and three multif family units above. The existing zoning is general commercial and the proposed zoning is mixed use conditional. The future land use map shows everything around this property as industrial mixed use, which is compatible land use category with the mixeduse zoning district. I'll go over the proposed site plan. Um, like I said, it's a mixeduse building with three stories, two 840 foot office units at the front facing Roswell Street with seven parking spaces. There are three multif family units

above with uh twocar garages in the back of the property. It'll have the mixed use zoning districts um with one variance for the front setback of 85 ft which is due to the 20 foot sanitary sewer easement at the front of the property. Um, it kind of prevents anything from being developed in that front part. And part of that sanitary sewer easement is a gravel parking space so that that sewer main can be maintained if needed. There's a full access drive in the front and at the back for the multif family buildings. They will put in um sidewalk and grass strip along the frontage and make rightway improvements for the alley that um accesses the property and dumpster enclosure in the the rear of the property. There are three variances um to increase the maximum front setback from 20 feet to 85 ft. to allow parking between the building and the rideway and to allow gravel parking surface in that easement. These are some elevations. So, what you're looking at is the front at the top and the right side at the bottom. These are the rear elevations, the twocar garages. This is the floor plan. So the first level will encompass the office units at the front and the

garages in the back. And then the second and third will be the multif family unit. This is the subject property today and some adjacent properties. Staff is recommending approval of the reszoning from GC to M mixeduse conditional for mixeduse building with 1680 square foot office space and three multif family units. The following conditions the standard conditions regarding the architecture. Um no underground utilities. No burring of construction debris and complying with the tree ordinance. special conditions, the maximum front setback of 85 feet. They will have to meet any fire access, water and sewer and storm water improvements deemed necessary. Install sidewalk curbing gutter. There be a m a minimum seven commercial parking spaces. Minimum three maximum three multifamily units with two car garages. Screen the air conditioner units in the dumpster. provide rightway dedication on the alleyway and approval as condition to the site plan and elevation submitted February 5th, 2026.

I'd be happy to answer any questions. Any questions for Mr. Sts? All right. Thank you, sir. At this time, we'd like to have the applicant come forward and tell us a little bit about the plan. Good evening and welcome.

Good evening. My name is Charles Herbert and I'm a professional engineer with Davis Engineering and Surveying. I'm here on behalf of Miss Helen and Mr. Aoyet. Miss Helen wants to take this piece of property and create a commercial element down below with a residential element up above. Um it fits in the future use land use of Smyrna. They believe the future land use is industrial mixed use. So, this is a going in along with those terms with just mixed use. I'm here to help answer any technical questions you might have. Storm water, fire, utilities, um, layout, and just like you to give Miss Helm the opportunity to build this commercial and residential property, and we appreciate your time.

All right. Any questions for the applicant? Mr. Carter, thanks for coming. Uh, I saw on there that the square footage for the office was listed, but what what size are the residential units? Uh, I believe they're around 1,800 square feet. Each. Each correct. Okay. No other questions. office spaces for the new that was the original tent. Yes, ma'am.

All right. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you, sir. At this time, uh this is a public hearing. We'd like to ask if there's anyone in attendance that would like to come forward and speak in favor of or opposition to this application. Okay. With that, I'd like to entertain a motion. Uh like to make a motion to approve uh Z26-00001. Have a motion to approve. Mr. Howard have a second.

Gordon a second. All in favor of the application. Have your applications approved. 6. I'm sorry. I'm a little distracted on that one. Good. Good luck with your project, guys. All right. Um, the next items on our agenda are the approval of the minutes from the January 5th, 2026 planning and zoning meeting. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes? I have a motion, Mr. Rice, to take over as hardest working member tonight. Uh, Mr. Howard gets back in there with a second. All in favor of the minutes as presented. We're going to have to have three five and one abstain. Okay. 0 and one. And that is Mr. Kas on the abstain. And then the next item is uh the approval of the minutes from the January 20th uh downtown redevelopment minutes. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes from that meeting? Mr. Carter. He's gonna try and get in there and take some of Jonathan's glory. Do I have a second?

There she goes. Alrighty. We're just doing all kinds of craziness tonight. Um, so we have a motion. We have a second. Can we uh vote on the minutes, please, for the 20th meeting? Was that abstaining?

Yeah. One, two, three, four. We have four 0 and two. That's That's a score we haven't had before. What's that? Any All right. Any other discussion? No. All right. Well, then with that, we're going to call this meeting at 6:21 in the PM. And Earl Rice is still the hardest working member on this panel. Mr.