Johns Creek Rejects State Bridge Road Townhomes

JOHNS CREEK, GA — The Johns Creek City Council at its Nov. 26 meeting voted to reject two projects that would have collectively added a little more than 200 residential units along State Bridge Road next to Johns Creek High School.

The Council on Monday voted to deny a rezoning request for 19.3 acres at 5435, 5437, 5515, 5535, 5555, 5565 and 0 State Bridge Road. The Providence Group sought a rezoning from R-1 (single family residential) to Community Unit Plan district to accommodate a gated 174-unit residential subdivision with a density of 9 units an acre.

The proposed community would have included 104 townhomes, 42 stacked townhomes, and 28 owner-occupied quadruplex residences. Also rejected by Johns Creek leaders was a project put forth by the developer on 4.27 acres to the west of its larger proposal. That project sought to rezone the land on State Bridge Road to Townhouse Residential so the company could build a gated 34-unit townhome subdivision with a density of 7.9 units an acre.

According to city documents, both parcels are bound by Medlock Bridge subdivision to the north and the Cameron Parc subdivision and State Bridge Crossing Elementary School across State Bridge Road to the south. Johns Creek High School sits to the east of the larger parcel sought by the developer to build the 174-unit community.

City staff and Johns Creek planning commissioners both recommended denial of the projects, which also included variances to reduce landscape strips and zoning buffers.

The proposals garnered stiff opposition from the community. A neighborhood meeting held in September drew about 150 attendees, who expressed concerns about the project's impact on area schools, traffic and nearby properties, the city notes.

City staff analysis state the additional residences will have a negative impact on the Medlock Bridge as well as area schools, and that the projects do not tie into Johns Creek's Comprehensive Plan for the area.

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