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Forsyth County Zoning Report March 2024
Hello, I am Luke Crawford, residing in Forsyth County near Downtown Cumming. I specialize in assisting landowners in identifying potential uses for their properties, determining the highest and best use, and executing a marketing strategy aimed at maximizing their land’s value.
In my efforts to optimize the value of my clients’ land, I closely monitor land sales and zoning activities in Forsyth County. I regularly release monthly reports covering both zonings and land sales that take place in our county.
If you are a Forsyth County land owner and would like more information on what the highest and best use for your property might be, just let me know!
Submitted Zoning Applications
Plan Number: ZA4165
Application Date: 03/13/2024
Address: 2275 Pilgrim Mill Road Cumming, GA 30041
Parcel Number: 220-017
Acres: 2.16
Applicant: Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
Zoning Attorney: 58+-
Current and Proposed Zoning: Master Planned District to Mixed Residential District
Building Info: 295-unit apartment and 20,000 SF office building.
Suspected Use: This apartment deal has been around for several years. A mixture of investors, including Casey Cagle and Justin Hawkins, own the land. At one point, the land was under contract for $40k a door ($11,800,000). That deal fell through in the fall of 2023, with the latest asking price I have heard being $25,000 a door. The site has a lot of topography and will require the development of a road connecting Holtzclaw to Freedom Pkwy, which will probably cost $4-5 million.
On March 12th, the Forsyth County BOC voted to initiate the rezoning of this site to a Mixed Residential District that does not allow for multi-family or townhomes.
Plan Number: ZA4167
Application Date: 03/21/2024
Address: 4290 Post Road
Parcel Number: 033-022
Acres: 10.50
Applicant: Octave Built – Ziaur Rahman, Sridhar Marupudi and Paul Nocharli
Zoning Attorney: Ethan Underwood – Miles Hansford, LLC
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 to RES2
Suspected Use:15 single-family residential lots, 1.43 Lots/Ac.
Plan Number: ZA4168
Application Date: 03/21/2024
Address: 1571 Daves Creek Road
Parcel Number: 174-030
Acres: 6.38
Applicant: Babu Devalapur
Zoning Attorney: Manjula Bathina (Might be an engineer, either way, he is representing the applicant)
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 to RES2
Suspected Use: 9 single-family residential lots, 1.41 Lots/Ac.
Completed Rezonings
Plan Number: ZA4145
Completion Date: 03/21/2024
Address: Matt Hwy/Heardmont Trace
Parcel Number: 145-021 and 145-073
Acres: 115.25
Applicant: Toll Brothers
Zoning Attorney: Ethan Underwood – Miles Hansford, LLC
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 and R1R to RES2
Building Info: 118single-family residential lots, 1.5 Lots/Ac.
Plan Number: ZA4149
Completion Date: 03/28/2024
Address: Atlanta Highway
Parcel Number: 106-115
Acres: 10.28
Applicant: Ali Dalkilic and Adam Bagci – www.abadga.com
Zoning Attorney: Sean Courtney – Lipscomb Johnson LLP
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 to M1
Building Info: 65,000 sqft warehouse and 37,000 sqft office.
Suspected Use: Industrial condo, they are selling 1,200 sqft units for $250,000.
Plan Number: ZA4152
Completion Date: 03/28/2024
Address: Julian Road
Parcel Number: 301-015
Acres: 111.48
Applicant: CBD Investments, LLC
Zoning Attorney: Christopher D. Light – Lipscomb Johnson LLP
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 to RES2
Suspected Use: 103single-family residential lots, .92 Lots/Ac. This is a septic deal, but the NCRS reported that only 10% of lots are suitable for septic tanks.
Plan Number: ZA4156
Completion Date: 03/28/2024
Address: 7897 Majors Road
Parcel Number: 108-069
Acres: 4.91
Applicant: Vamsi Mylavarapu
Zoning Attorney: Sean Courtney – Lipscomb Johnson LLP
Current and Proposed Zoning: A1 to RES2
Suspected Use: 6single-family residential lots, 1.23 Lots/Ac
For more on this, see our post on Forsyth County Zoning Report April 2024.
We cover this in more detail in Forsyth County Zoning Report December 2025.
For background, see our piece on what each residential zoning code actually means.
You can read more in our post on A1 and the agricultural districts explained.
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