Too Intense: Planned Urban Density in the Suburban East Cobb Community
The second Isakson Living proposal calls for a density of more than 18 units per acre, which is more than 7 times higher than the low density residential zoning of the many neighborhood subdivisions around the property. Note that a Residential Senior Living development is capped at 5 units per acre in low density residential areas.
Isakson Living has proposed building 845 units, with more than 1,200 residents as well as 400 employees on 46.2 acres of land (when you subtract the 7.5 acres of flood plain). This is an intense use of the land which is categorized Low Density Residential (intended for no more than 2.5 homes per acre) by the county. The Isakson Living proposal is basically a very urban density in a suburban neighborhood. It would ruin the character, traffic and lifestyle of this community. Also difficult to understand is why Isakson Living is proposing a CCRC with nearly twice the density of their Park Springs location in Stone Mountain, which is built on similar acreage but which has no houses around it within 2,000 feet. Also perplexing is why the East Cobb CCRC proposal calls for a greater density than even the potential Isakson Living Peachtree Hills CCRC in Buckhead, which has yet to be built, but which is in an urban area with existing large apartment complexes (and in fact it would replace an older, now torn down apartment complex), so the neighbors would fully expect densities comparable to apartment buildings. No one in our community can understand why this would be their most intense CCRC by far, in the middle of hundred of homes in suburban East Cobb, which is overwhelming categorized Low Density Residential, with a maximum of 2.5 houses per acre. |
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