Update, Oct. 12: An undeveloped active adult community on McEver Road is set to build out with a total of 112 townhomes after approval from the Oakwood City Council.
The McEver Mill subdivision where Atlanta-based applicant Rockhaven Homes LLC seeks to build was planned for 105 townhomes in 2017 but only 19 of those lots were developed, said Steve Gilliam, an attorney with Smith, Gilliam, Williams and Miles representing Rockhaven.
The subdivision, which is on 14 acres off McEver Road, was planned for one-story attached homes, and Rockhaven intends to build two-story homes with two-car garages. The design change would come with a reduction in lot widths, allowing for seven more homes than originally planned on the property.
The townhomes would be built off Bishops Lane, the main road into McEver Mill, as well as off Fullerton Drive, Rutledge Drive, Fairfax Drive and Medlock Lane, according to Oakwood records.
The planned townhomes are Rockhaven’s best selling product, Gilliam said, and the applicant plans to build out the entire subdivision. The subdivision was originally for those 55 and older, but Rockhaven has removed that age restriction, he said.
Brad Hughes, representing Rockhaven, said all homes would contain three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. Hughes said it was too early in the process to say for how much townhomes would sell. Their target market includes young professionals and young families, Hughes said.
Two residents, including one who lives in McEver Mill, spoke in favor of the application, saying they wanted to see the property developed.
“It’s overgrown; it looks abandoned,” Patricia Bonaparte said. “It’s an unhappy situation to look at every day.”
One resident, Robyn Rantz, spoke in opposition to the application, voicing concerns about increased traffic that would come from the subdivision.
Oakwood City Council approved the request in a unanimous vote at its meeting Monday, Oct. 11.
Update, Sept. 13: A vote on a townhomes proposal at an active-adult subdivision on McEver Road was postponed Monday, Sept. 13, by Oakwood City Council.
The proposal is now scheduled to be heard in October.
The community, McEver Mill, was started in 2017 with construction focused on one-story attached homes. The development south of Old Flowery Branch Road was approved for 105 one-story attached homes.
Atlanta-based developer Rockhaven Homes LLC is now seeking to finish out the development with 112 two-story townhomes.
The townhomes would be built off Bishops Lane, the main road into McEver Mill, as well as off Fullerton Drive, Rutledge Drive, Fairfax Drive and Medlock Lane, according to Oakwood records.
McEver Mill subdivision on McEver Road in Oakwood could grow by 112 townhomes.
The active-adult community was started in 2017, with construction focused on one-story attached homes. Atlanta-based developer Rockhaven Homes LLC now is seeking to build the townhomes on 14 acres inside the development.
The townhomes would be built off Bishops Lane, the main road into McEver Mill, as well as off Fullerton Drive, Rutledge Drive, Fairfax Drive and Medlock Lane, according to Oakwood records.
McEver Mill, which was approved in 2017 for 105 one-story attached homes, is just south of Old Flowery Branch Road and less than a mile south of busy Mundy Mill Road.
The community has already been zoned as a planned residential development.
Rockhaven is seeking Oakwood’s approval for a change in the design to reduce lot widths — a move that would add seven townhomes to the development, according to city records.
The new design does call for two-car garages instead of one-car garages as they are “more widely appealing,” Rockhaven says in its application.
The Oakwood Planning Commission considered the request earlier this week and forwarded it to Oakwood City Council with no recommendation. The council will consider the request in September for a final vote.
Brad Hughes, spokesman for Rockhaven, couldn’t be reached for comment.