Below is the PDF of the entire Isakson Living proposal. Note that the 2-, 3- and 4-story buildings have an additional level of parking above ground, as you can see from the elevation numbers for the ring road surrounding the development and the elevation numbers on the buildings for parking and 1st floor. In other words, these buildings are actually 3-, 4- and 5-stories tall.
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Note the size of Mrs. Tritt's house, carport and barn shown on the newest Isakson Living proposal in comparison to the rest of the buildings. If you zoom in and look at the word "courtyard" near building "F" you will see a small square with the word barn next to it and if you look at building "E" closely under the words "3 story" you will see the outline of her house and carport. This gives you a very good idea of just how mammoth these structures are in comparison to her existing home, and also how disproportionate this development is in comparison to the surrounding area! In addition, 31 new 'cottages' have been added to this proposal, and they are located outside of the ring road encircling the larger buildings.
Darragh Browning
4/21/2014 07:13:29 am
While it looks attractive, it is way too big and over-developed for the area!! Traffic from this and the new Wellstar development will become impossible.
richard voss
4/21/2014 01:27:45 pm
traffic on Roswell Road between Old Canton and Johnson Ferry last Friday averaged approximately 10 miles per hour. It will be worse when the Wellstar development is in operation, and will be impossible with 2000 additional daily trips (by Isakson's own figures). This development defies all logic for any kind of reasonable planning for Cobb county. Don't let it happen. 4/24/2014 12:47:41 am
I must be missing something to have all this kerfuffle... This appears to be a private citizen requesting to build on purchased land that isn't causing damage to anyone else. If I am missing something and there is indeed some threat to our community then I would consider action. But, as it stands it looks like you are afraid of the size of the building relative to an adjacent building. If your argument is we are lacking in parks and recreation space, how many parks do we have already within 5 miles of this development?
Pete
4/25/2014 05:03:06 am
We don't want something that doesn't fit in our community. The scale of this proposal is way out of proportion with the neighborhood. The WellStar monstrosity across the street bypassed zoning by using the Hospital Authority, which can build anything anywhere, and is essentially a puppet of WellStar.
David
4/25/2014 03:03:26 am
I don't understand why I should oppose this. Is it because it is big? If Ms.Truitt agreed to sell her home, and Isakson owns the land, and isnt stealing from anybody, it doesn't matter whether I like it or not. I'll stand against it if Ms. Truitt's home is being taken from her through Eminent Domain or if some law is being broken. Otherwise, mine and anybodies else opinion is just an opinion.
Paul
4/25/2014 03:59:14 am
The sale of the land to Isakson Living is contingent on the getting the zoning they want, so Mrs. Tritt still owns the land. Are you saying that a developer should be allowed to build anything they like, regardless of the impact on the community? There is a reason we have zoning procedures.
Kirk
4/25/2014 07:04:04 pm
Would you complain if it was disproportionately smaller than what you have? No. Jealousy is obvious.
Sarah
4/25/2014 09:30:29 pm
This is a citizen grassroots organization to protect the Tritt property from overdevelopment. The main reason every county has zoning rules is to protect neighborhoods from developers trying to demolish community life. Every area must be planned to have a certain number of schools, hospitals, paved roads, and even parks. Communities need reasonable development, not a retirement high-rise as big as Cumberland Mall next to residential houses and schools. National and local governments do important work protecting citizens and our way of life, and that's why every area has zoning laws. We can enjoy the Grand Canyon and many National Parks today because the government has protected those areas from developers who were threatening them.
Clay
4/26/2014 12:15:48 am
It doesn't sound like Ms. Tritt is asking for help protecting her property. It sounds like she wants to sell it, which is her right as the property owner. It is the citizens' right to oppose zoning changes, but the more effective method of "protecting" the Tritt property would be for the citizens to band together and pony up as much or more cash for the property as the Isaksons have offered. See what happened down the road at the Hyde property.
Janet Dobrzyn
4/30/2014 01:12:57 pm
I have reviewed the comments on the sites. The concerns listed during the various weeks of the postings make good sense. Speaking of the fire rules, here is another consideration: based on the parking and how far the buildings are located from the street, how are they going to account for handicapped and disabled persons. There is a long distance between some of the parking spaces and the buildings. If this is for seniors, making it this big makes it impossible for those that are impaired in some way. The distances that they will have to walk or travel to their homes is much longer than it looks. So would fire department have when racing to a fire down the hall of a long building such as these. Comments are closed.
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