Baldwin Paving and neighbors meet about conflict over concrete crushing
A meeting took place Wednesday evening between Ryan Teague, who is the owner of Baldwin Paving , and a group of residential neighbors of Baldwin’s facility on Sanders Road. The…
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MIC to host land use, zoning, and code enforcement community forum
The Mableton Improvement Coalition issued the following press release: The Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC) will host a Community Forum on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7pm to discuss Land Use,…
Cobb Commission Districts 1 and 4 tied for most undeveloped land
The Cobb County government posted a map this afternoon prepared by the county Geographic Information System (GIS) department, showing the locations of the undeveloped land in Cobb County. The map…
Cobb BOC rejects controversial mixed-use development on Chastain Road
At the November 19 zoning hearing of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, the BOC denied an application for a mixed-use development on Chastain Road that was heavily opposed by…
Concrete crushing operation on land owned by family of state senator spurs conflict on Cobb BOC
A concrete crushing operation operating illegally, according to Cobb’s Zoning Department, on property owned by Tippins Family Properties, LLC. was the subject of a contentious exchange at the Cobb County…
Cobb Planning Commission recommends denial of rezoning request for mixed-use development on Chastain Road
The Cobb County Planning Commission recommended denial of an application to rezone 62.5 acres of land on Chastain Road from its current mix of several zoning categories, to PVC (Planned…
UPDATED: Neighbors oppose Smyrna annexation, rezoning of property at Buckner and Pebblebrook roads
Further UPDATE: At it’s Tuesday Oct 8 meeting the county Board of Commissioners voted non-objection to Smyrna’s annexation. Read about that development here. UPDATE: According to an email from Joey…
Homicide in off-campus student housing near KSU
According to a public information release from Officer Sydney Melton of the Cobb County Police Department a homicide took place in an off-campus student housing complex on Hidden Forest Court,…
Rezoning of Dodgen Road property approved
Despite opposition from the Mableton Improvement Coalition (MIC), an application for rezoning of a Dodgen Road property from GC (general commercial) to NRC (Neighborhood Retail Commercial) was approved at the…
Procedural confusion at Cobb zoning hearing
Details matter, and a brief whirlwind of confusion at the February Cobb County Board of Commissioners zoning hearing on Tuesday brought that into sharp focus. Details matter in zoning hearings…