Turning aside a recommendation of denial by its Planning Commission, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners has given the green light to an “active adult” seniors housing complex on 21.5 acres along Woodstock Road north of Ga. 92 near Woodstock.
Windsong Properties LLC requested a zoning change and variances reducing certain setbacks and building separations. The development is to be “age restricted” to buyers at least 55 years old. Documents filed with the city list Sovereign Grace Church, Woodstock, as the property owner.
Staff noted that Windsong has reduced the number of single-family homes to 68 from 72 in the bulk of the project, the west side of Woodstock Road, plus one lot on the east side of the street.
Objections had been raised over the impact on traffic, schools and home values. Officials noted that as a seniors community, the project is expected to have only 90 residents versus as many as 140 for another type of subdivision; have “virtually no impact” on the schools, because there would be no children; and offer homes priced higher than existing dwellings in the area.
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