Developer Kinglett Homes LLC, a Georgia-based builder submitted plans to rezone adjoined parcels to the City of Atlanta in order to construct a 22-unit townhome development in the Almond Park Neighborhood.
Neighborhood Planning Unit -G is scheduled to discuss the rezoning of 2387 Summit Avenue and 1107 First Street during the November 18th meeting. According to the NPU agenda, the Zoning Review Board will hold a public hearing on the land use request on either December 2nd or 9th.
According to the site plan prepared by Kimley-Horn, the rezoning of the combined 1.57 acre lots located at the northwest corner of Summit Avenue and 1st Street will enable the demolition of an abandoned church and transform the lots into five two-story townhomes buildings containing a total of 22 units. Each fee-simple townhome unit will range in size from 1,500 square feet to 2,500 square feet, include a two-car garage, and the building will not exceed 26-feet in height. According to the site plan, the project will also feature additional landscape features on Summit Avenue and First Street, along with sidewalks connecting each unit to the public sidewalks.
The property is currently zoned R-4A (single Family Residential), and the development group is seeking a rezoning to MR-3 (Multi-family Residential). The properties are adjacent to the proposed development consist of single-family homes that, according to the letter submitted to the City, were mostly built over seventy years ago. However, the proposed development will have a 225-foot buffer between the proposed townhomes and the nearest residence on St. James Street and forty-one feet away from a single-family home on Summit Avenue.
According to the application, the rationale for the land use request includes the introduction of housing choices that will “revitalize and invigorate the growth of the area.” Further argued, the Almond Park townhome development will preserve aspects of the surrounding area’s character. Included in the argument for rezoning, the application points out recommendations made in the Zoning Ordinance Diagnostic for the City of Atlanta, adopted in November 2016, which stated that townhomes, when properly designed, are typically compatible with single-family homes.
According to submitted documents, the applicant initially proposed sixty-three townhome units, but after discussion with City Planners and neighborhood representatives, decided to scale the development down to the proposed twenty-two units into smaller budlings with enhanced unique architect features.
The expected average sales price for units are estimated between $325,000 and $425,000.
