Council members deny rezoning application for the Villages at Brooks Farm, lift one-year bar on reapplication
At the Cumming City Council’s work session on Tuesday, Jan. 5, councilmembers spoke about the Villages at Brooks Farm, about 152 acres of land to be rezoned from single-family, office professional, planned shopping center and single-family residential districts to a planned unit development (PUD). Councilmembers voted to deny the rezoning application with a 3-0 vote, with Councilwoman Linda Ledbetter abstaining and Councilman Christopher Light recused due to a conflict of interest.
The Villages at Brooks Farm, a planned mixed-use development between Atlanta Highway and Pilgrim Mill Road, was proposed with 231 age-restricted single-family homes, 25 traditional single-family detached homes, 56 single-family attached townhomes, 335 multi-family units and 42,500 square feet of vertical mixed-uses with 60 residential units over commercial and retail units on th
Here’s what the community had to say about this planned mixed-use project on Pilgrim Mill Road
Those in favor and opposed to a planned mixed-use development between Atlanta Highway and Pilgrim Mill Road were able to give their opinions on the project at a recent Cumming City Council meeting, though council members will take some time to review the proposal before making a decision.
At the council’s meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, councilmembers, with Councilman Christopher Light recused due to a conflict of interest, held a public hearing to rezone about 152 acres from single-family, office professional, planned shopping center and single-family residential districts to planned unit development (PUD) district for the Villages at Brooks Farm.