Bells Ferry LCI

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Bells Ferry LCI

• Implementation Lessons
• Margaret Stallings
• Cherokee County Planning

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Bells Ferry LCI

• Mixture of Existing Land Uses
• Large-scale Commercial
• Apartments, Townhomes Detached Homes
• Mobile Home Parks
• Vacant/Undeveloped Land
• Major Transportation Corridors
• Hwy 92
• Bells Ferry Road
• Wade Green Road
• Eagle Drive
• Underutilized Infrastructure

3 miles
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Initial Expectations

• Strong Residential Market would continue
• Commercial Development to follow
• TAD would be approved by voters
• Funds would be used for streetscape,
  infrastructure community facilities
• County regulations would lag behind development

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Timeline

• Plan Complete in Dec. 2005
• Plan Adopted in Feb. 2006
• TND Revisions Adopted in May 2006
• TAD Vote Failed in July 2006
• Design Guidelines Complete in Dec. 2006
• Community Choices Final Report stage
• Overlay District Public Hearing July 17th

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Response to Challenges

• Obtained Assistance from ARC
• Supplemental Funds Design Guidelines
• Community Choices Conflicts with Hwy 92 Overlay
• Pushed Forward on Regulatory Changes
• TND Ordinance (with density bonus for LCI area)
• Bells Ferry Community Design District
• Developed Public-Private Partnerships to
  implement other elements of the plan

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ARC Assistance

• Bells Ferry Design Guidelines
• LCI Supplemental Funds
• Developed with the Community
• Supplements form-based TND ordinance
• Ordinance Review Overlay Assistance
• Community Choices Program
• Review of Hwy 92 Overlay
• Provided models for developing a new overlay

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Regulatory Changes

• TND (Traditional Neighborhood Development)
  Ordinance Changes
• Revised based on the form-based Smart Code
• Density Bonus for LCI Area (temporary)
• Allow real Mixed-Use
• Bells Ferry Community Design District
• Integrates TND Design Guidelines
• Allows alternative path to development if
  implementing the LCI Plan

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Public-Partnerships

• Robin Road Extension to Wade Green Road
• County worked to plan for connectivity
• Partners
• Woodstock Furniture Outlet
• Developer of large Wade Green Road parcel
• Cherokee County Engineering
• Aquatics Center
• Integrated into new residential neighborhood
• Partners
• Property Owner
• Cherokee County Parks Recreation

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Lessons Learned

• Work on many fronts to make progress
• Look for ways to leverage opportunities
• How can each project further the plan?
• Bring other groups into the plan
• Examples
• Engineering Dept.
• Parks and Recreation
• School District
• Libraries

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Contact Information

• Margaret Stallings
• [phone]
• mstallings_at_cherokeega.com