Dunwoody Planning Commission to consider fourth version of 84 Perimeter Center East development

Another special land use permit has been requested by the developer for a site at the corner of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center East Photo by Cathy Cobbs After deferring a revised proposal to expand the permitted uses at a site on Perimeter Center East the Dunwoody Planning Commission on Aug will consider the plan again with more specifics from the developer At its July meeting the panel heard from attorney Dan Webb representing the applicant JSJ Perimeter LLC about a fourth iteration for the -acre site which used to be the site of a bank According to a staff memo regarding the proposal to expand the allowed uses 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 enhancement of a hotel a -square-foot full-service restaurant a -square-foot meeting space and a square-foot fitness club the memo announced 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 The latest request according to Dunwoody Senior Planner Madalyn Smith is a vital departure from the previously approved site plan and exhibits Related stories Dunwoody age-restricted housing will no longer require lessee to be or older Aging-in-place options in Atlanta scarce The applicant requests to amend the site plan and conditions to provide flexibility in the use for the -story building to be either age-restricted multi-family housing as in the present approved for-sale non-age-restricted condominiums or a hotel In addition JSJ has also requested -square-foot quick-service restaurant with drive-though lanes a two-story a -square-foot retail building and a parking deck Webb explained 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 This restaurant is a unique opportunity for Dunwoody Webb noted Partillo s is different type of restaurant that doesn t operate like a traditional drive-through kind of an upgrade of the Varsity with the calibre and quality of the food being a little higher The applicant has also provided a phasing plan for the proposed enhancement Smith reported that would involve constructing the restaurant and retail spaces along with three stories of the parking deck followed by the larger structure and the remaining parking deck installation The proposed site plan for Perimeter Center East Planning Commission documents Planning Commission members and staff expressed concerns about the lack of a detailed plan for particular of the buildings a specific landscaping plan the presence of yet another drive-through facility along an already-congested road and specifics about the phasing operation We really question the phasing plan Smith disclosed We don t think it would be realizable necessarily to keep the parking deck open during current construction City staff did not recommend the plan be approved by the commission but Webb circumvented a decision by asking for a deferral until the panel s next meeting on Aug Webb revealed more detailed plans will be shared at the next commission meeting The post Dunwoody Planning Commission to consider fourth version of Perimeter Center East evolution appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta