Great Wolf Lodge Family Resorts has requested and received a continuance of its rezoning hearing before the Peachtree City Council. The public hearing to consider the establishment of a resort hotel and indoor water park was scheduled for March 5.
The public hearing had been scheduled for Thursday night but the company on Monday requested that the hearing be continued until a later date. That date is now March 5.
Senior Planner David Rast told council members the potential exists for Great Wolf to request a date of March 19. If that occurs, that continuance request will be considered at the March 5 meeting.
As approved by the council, the continuance allows the applicant to go back to the drawing board in hopes of producing a proposal more likely to draw a majority of votes on the council.
If the request retains the LUC (limited use commercial) zoning the proposal will be heard by the council.
If, for some reason, Great Wolf were to retain the current GC (general commercial) zoning, the matter would go to the Planning Commission for a site plan review.
Great Wolf is currently asking for the 38-acre property on Aberdeen Parkway be rezoned from GC to LUC to accommodate the renovation and expansion of the Dolce Atlanta-Peachtree Hotel and Resort. Great Wolf Lodge Family Resorts wants to establish a family-oriented resort and indoor water park on the property.
There was no indication in the request for a continuance if Great Wolf will stick to the request for LUC zoning or if the company will make a proposal that retains the current GC zoning.
Great Wolf in requesting the zoning change to LUC wanted several variances that would extend the height of the building, encroach into the setback buffer on the property’s north side and have a patio constructed over a portion of an existing restaurant.
The request proposed replacing a portion of the existing conference center with a 54,000 sq. ft. indoor water park that would be 75 feet in height with enclosed water slides that would extend outside the building.
The current facility was constructed in 1981 and carries a height of 57 feet, even though the GC designation today carries a maximum building height of 35 feet.
The city’s Planning Commission on Feb. 9 voted unanimously to recommend that the rezoning request be denied.
