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Location
Ball Ground Georgia , North of the Intersection of Matt Stowers Hwy (State Hwy 369) and Birmingham Hwy (State Hwy 372)
Jurisdiction
Cherokee County
2024 Property Taxes
Property Taxes for 2024 were $85,806
Road Frontage
Frontage on both Hwy 369 (via Creighton Road) and Hwy 372. The Creighton Road parkway engineering design has been completed pending County approval and execution of reciprocal easements.
Future Land Use Plan
Suburban Growth - Planned Unit Development
STREAM BUFFER REQUIREMENTS
25’ State Waters + 25’ County undisturbed buffer + 25’ County Impervious surface buffer.
Site Features
Mature upland forest with rolling to hilly topography with 2.5 miles of direct access frontage along the Etowah River. The site topography ranges from 940 feet to 1190 feet above sea level. A single named stream (Cane Creek) traverses east to west along the southern portion of the property.
TRAFFIC VOLUME
The 2023 AADT for the frontage along Hwy 369 was 11,400 vehicles per day and 9,100 vehicles per day along Hwy 372
Located approximately ten miles due north of Milton, twelve miles Northeast of Canton, and Northwest of Cumming respectively, Etowah is centrally located with convenient access to I-575 (6 miles) SR-400 (11 miles), and SR 20 (2.5 Miles). Commonly referred to as Atlanta’s “Outer Perimeter”, SR 20 is a major east –west thoroughfare on the northern edge of metropolitan Atlanta which received full funding approval in December of 2015 for intersection improvements and widening (to 4 lanes) along the 24-mile corridor from I-575 in Canton to Cumming. Construction has begun over multiple segments of the route with full completion projected for 2030.
The property is fully entitled to develop 1800 homes over 1300 acres with broad flexibility to create multiple neighborhoods of varying product types and sizes. The zoning also allows for fifteen acres of commercial development and two acres of civic use.
The conceptual Master Plan for Etowah provides for a diversity of housing and lifestyle types with a community focus anchored by a 150-acre river park and 40% of preserved open space.
The property was initially zoned in 1990 for 2800 units and over the years the zoning has been modified to its present entitlement of 1800 units and specific Development Standards.
The vested Planned Unit Development zoning (PUD) is exclusive to this remaining site as the PUD zoning classification no longer exists within Cherokee County. Additionally, the zoning conditions provide that the development of the property is governed by its own broader set of Land Development Standards which are unique to this property and provide greater flexibility in planning, development, and construction.
The Conceptual Master Plan and associated Etowah Community Development Standards were created to promote stewardship and protection of the aesthetic and sensitive environmental areas along the Etowah River and its tributaries. By responding to protecting these areas, the footprint of the development can be concentrated to preserve greater open space and promote a more efficient development as supported by the adopted Development Standards.