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Planners back two-home Mayfield Road do-over, 7–0
Council’s Nov. 16 hearing follows a lawsuit and court remand after it rejected a five-lot plan in June.
Alpharetta’s Planning Commission has unanimously backed a two-home replacement for the five-lot Mayfield Road subdivision City Council rejected in June. The Nov. 5 vote was a 7–0 recommendation for approval with conditions—not final rezoning approval.[1]
As we reported when the two-lot plan returned, Council rejected the five-lot version June 22. The applicant sued, and a court sent the alternative plan back to the Planning Commission and Council for reconsideration.[1]
Mayfield Development Services seeks two gated home lots on roughly 4.6 acres at 1425 Mayfield Road. The requested R residential district ordinarily has a one-acre minimum lot size, but the commission’s recommended conditions would require at least two acres per lot.[1]
The recommended frontage improvements include a sidewalk at least six feet wide, a six-foot planter with street trees and decorative pedestrian lighting along Mayfield Road. Ten-foot landscaped screening strips would run along the east, south and west property lines.[1]
Runoff and tree removal remain points of opposition: the Council staff report records one opposing public comment on those concerns at the Nov. 5 hearing. Staff says the proposal would not significantly affect the natural environment and that the plan depicts preservation of 13 of the property’s 19 specimen trees. Stormwater requirements would be addressed on each lot.[1]
The Council public hearing on case Z-26-09 is scheduled for Nov. 16, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall council chambers, 2 Park Plaza.[2]
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