Chattahoochee Hills’ 2024 rezoning returned 1,606 acres to rural status

Chattahoochee Hills adopted a zoning reversal on March 5, 2024, returning 1,606.18 acres from Mixed-Use Hamlet to Rural zoning. Ordinance 24-03-271 took effect upon adoption. It identifies Painted Rock Farm, LLC as the property owner; the attached legal description places portions of the tract along Jones Ferry Road and the east bank of the Chattahoochee River.

The action reversed a 2023 rezoning. That earlier approval allowed Council to consider reverting the zoning if the sale to the applicant did not close by year-end or if development or building permits were not issued within 24 months, whichever came first. The 2024 ordinance says the sale did not close by year-end and no such permits had been issued.

The ordinance also eliminated three variances. Those allowances had increased the permitted off-site share of required open space from 20% to 50%, removed a minimum residential density of half a unit per acre, increased the maximum nonresidential share of developable land from 25% to 100%, and waived thoroughfare requirements in portions with restricted public access.

This account describes the March 2024 action. The supplied evidence does not establish subsequent zoning changes or development approvals for the tract.