29 detached homes pitched for Northwinds’ office-zoned corner

A vacant corner at Northwinds Parkway and Kimball Bridge Road could become a neighborhood of 29 detached houses. A November 2 proposal to the City of Alpharetta, Georgia, would replace the site’s contemplated nonresidential development program with homes on approximately 4.7 acres.⁠[1]

The applicant’s letter describes a different future from earlier concepts for the property. It says the Bailey/Northwinds project—which envisioned a wellness center, offices, retail and restaurants, and a 100-room boutique hotel—was never built.⁠[1]

The new plan, labeled Towns at Northwinds Parkway and prepared for McKinley Homes, shows 19 rear-loaded and 10 front-loaded detached homes at 2650 Northwinds Parkway. It includes a courtyard, an amenity area, a stormwater pond and sidewalk connections to existing sidewalks.⁠[1]

Getting there would require changes to both the Northwinds Master Plan and the city’s comprehensive-plan map, shifting the property’s future land-use designation from Corporate Office to High Density Residential. The applicant also seeks residential zoning in place of the existing Office-Institutional classification, together with any applicable Agricultural zoning.⁠[1]

The proposal puts roughly 6.14 homes on each acre. To fit the layout, the applicant requests front setbacks of 35 feet rather than 65 feet along both roads, plus a reduction in the minimum width of individually subdivided lots.⁠[1]

Some dimensions remain inconsistent within the submission. The narrative requests 38-foot lot widths and describes about 1.1 acres of open space, or 23% of the site. The zoning sheet instead lists a 35-foot minimum lot width and 0.94 acre of open space, or 20%. Those figures leave the intended lot standard and open-space commitment unclear.⁠[1]

The applicant’s traffic memorandum estimates 264 daily vehicle trips entering or leaving the development, including 20 during the morning peak hour and 27 during the evening peak hour. Those are projections, not traffic counts; the memorandum says final estimates and any necessary road improvements remain subject to city review. A hearing date and city decision on the residential request are not established in the records reviewed.⁠[1]