City Council Denies RZ 24-004
At the January 2025 City Council meeting, the City conducted its final public hearing for case RZ 24-004, a request to rezone two parcels totaling 4.61 acres at 1036 and 1040 Whitehead Road FROM RS-150 (Low-Density Single-Family Residential with a minimum lot size of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet), RS-100 (Medium-Density Single-Family Residential with a minimum lot size of ten thousand (10,000) square feet) and AF (Agricultural-Forest) TO RS-100 CBD (Central Business District).
The rezoning was being requested for a 15-acre, 157-unit housing development consisting of townhomes and zero-lot-line homes, mostly priced between $400k and $800k, and a small park around the City’s “Champion Tree.” The large project would include not only the two parcels of RZ 24-004, but also an adjacent parcel owned by the applicant and already in the Central Business District, and several parcels owned by the City of Sugar Hill.
Council Member Gary Pirkle moved to deny the rezoning request, seconded by Council Member Meg Avery. The motion to deny passed 4-1 with Council Members Avery, Alvin Hicks, Joshua Page, and Pirkle voting in favor of the denial and Council Member Taylor Anderson voting against the denial.
Once the City Council denies a rezoning request, the applicant can't request the same zoning change again for a year without a waiver from the Council. Even with the waiver, they would still have to wait at least six months.
