The Cumming Planning & Zoning Commission voted March 18 to forward a zoning-condition amendment for Forsyth IL Investors (Rezoning No. 20203264) to the city council with a staff recommendation to approve.

Staff described the request as the deletion of an existing condition (condition 5) and changes to the former condition 6 so that reference to a through road is removed and a private drive constructed from Sanders Road would terminate at the proposed institutional facility rather than extend through to Marketplace Boulevard. Scott (planning staff) said the development would still have primary and secondary entrance points to the institutional facility and recommended approval of the amendment.

Applicant representative Sean Courtney said the change reflects a decision to hold off on constructing the through connection shown on earlier plans because they expect potential medical users on the remaining parcel and want to time future connections when those uses are confirmed. Courtney said the amendment does not change the assisted-living facility’s design other than revised language and a new rendering (Exhibit D).

The commission added a condition encouraging, where possible, future adjacent development to tie into this project to create a three-way connection between Sanders Road and Marketplace Boulevard; the board described that addition during the motion. The motion to forward the amendment to council with staff’s recommendation and the added condition carried unanimously.

The change removes an immediate requirement for a through road and makes the connection between Sanders Road and Marketplace Boulevard a coordinated outcome of future development rather than a prerequisite of the current approval.