Dunwoody Planning Commission recommends rezoning, land use permit for 84 Perimeter Center East

A fifth version of a proposed redevelopment for Perimeter Center East was discussed that would reduce the density of the enhancement Courtesy of Dunwoody Planning Commission At its Aug meeting the Dunwoody Planning Commission recommended rezoning and a Special Land Use Permit SLUP to allow a -acre site to be redeveloped at Perimeter Center East that would include retail age-restricted apartments and a drive-through restaurant The plan which has been modified at least five times over the past years in the latest iteration lessened its density and reduced the number of options for the site A city staff memo did not recommend the rezoning and SLUP for passage saying that the general concept of a mixed-use advance with limited surface parking new open space street-front dining and retail with a residential or hotel component is consistent with the intent of the PC- zoning district but the inclusion of a drive-through is problematic In the fifth version of the advancement the three-story building proposed in the fourth version was divided into one two-story building and one one-story building and the -story building which developers yearned to be a hotel age-restricted apartments or owner-occupied condominiums has now returned to the original approved use age-restricted apartments At the meeting attorney Dan Webb representing developer JSJ provided more details about how the parking garage would be built in two phases The first phase would include the smaller buildings and the first three decks of the garage followed by the residential building and remaining parking layers of the deck According to a staff memo regarding the proposal the property has undergone a series of zoning amendments over the past years In the property was rezoned from O-I to C- conditional to allow for the growth of a hotel a -square-foot full-service restaurant a -square-foot meeting space and a square-foot fitness club the memo disclosed At the time the site also received a special land use permit to increase the height of the hotel from two to stories In the property s site plan and zoning conditions were amended to allow a -story -room hotel and two additional multi-story buildings containing approximately square feet of commercial uses including restaurants and retail patio and rooftop terrace seating and a multi-story parking deck In the applicant removed the plans for a hotel and proposed to replace it with a -story building with units of age-restricted rental housing which prompted a rezoning to PC- and several special land use permit additions In the developers appealed for and received an extension that required a land disturbance permit to be obtained by Sept At the August meeting the hotel and condo options were taken off the table leaving only the age-restricted apartments for the site The panel also discussed another controversial component of the plan a -square-foot quick-service restaurant with double drive-though lanes Webb disclosed Partillo s a Chicago-based franchise known for its hot dogs Italian beef sandwiches chopped salad and cheese fries has expressed interest in the restaurant site He mentioned that the drive-through while essential to the design would not serve as a traditional use as only percent of its revenues traditionally comes from the drive-through After two failed motions the panel voted - to approve the application with four conditions including the stipulation that no more than percent of the restaurant s food revenue can be derived from its drive-through amenity It will now move onto the Dunwoody City Council for consideration The post Dunwoody Planning Commission recommends rezoning land use permit for Perimeter Center East appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta