Local brief
Empire seeks road rights-of-way for Camden Pond townhomes
The 0.729-acre request is on the November 11 information-meeting agenda. The housing approval includes a fallback requiring 35-foot building setbacks.
Empire Homes wants Alpharetta to abandon 0.729 acres of road rights-of-way for the Camden Pond townhome development—a request whose outcome could affect the housing layout.[1][2]
The road-abandonment request covers portions of Cotton Creek Entry, Waters Ferry Drive/Waters Ferry Way and Cotton Mill Place/Cotton Mill Path. It is tied to a 29.24-acre townhome site, not abandonment of those roads in their entirety.[1]
The request, PH-26-19, is listed for the November 11 community zoning information meeting at 6 p.m. in City Hall’s council chambers, 2 Park Plaza. The agenda schedules consideration of the request; it does not establish an abandonment approval.[1]
The road issue appeared in our earlier report on recommended zoning conditions. The city’s unofficial summary of its August 17 council meeting records a 6–1 vote approving the housing requests, with conditions allowing up to 195 for-sale attached homes at 3842 Old Milton Parkway. The permitted maximum is not a guaranteed lot count.[2]
The adopted road condition requires the developer to seek abandonment approval before a land-disturbance permit is issued. It identifies realigned portions of the Waters Ferry and Cotton Mill roads, plus removal of the cul-de-sac at the end of Cotton Creek Entry. If abandonment is not approved and the developer does not acquire the right-of-way, the condition requires a revised site plan meeting minimum 35-foot building setbacks along the affected public rights-of-way.[2]
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