The developers of the mixed-use development The Prado and the hotel Grand Bohemian Atlanta are asking the City of Sandy Springs to recalculate the impact fees it adopted on Feb. 19, 2008 to fund capital improvements in parks and recreation, public safety, and transportation.
Impact fees are charged at the time of issuance of any building permit. The ordinance [...]
Archive for the ‘Big Box Development’ Category
2 Apr
Sandy Springs Delays Decision On Impact Fees
15 Sep
11th Circuit Strikes Down “Formula Retail” Prohibition as a Violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause
The 11th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a Islamorada, Florida – a village of six islands in the Florida Keys – local ordinance that essentially prohibited national chain retail stores as a violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause with no legitimate local purpose.
Keep reading for GZB’s summary of Island Silver & Spice, Inc. v. [...]
4 Jun
Sembler’s New Fight . . . Home Park
The Home Park neighborhood, between Georgia Tech and Atlantic Station, is fighting Sembler and the inevitable re-development of the 14th Street corridor in opposing Sembler’s proposed development of Westside Crossing at 14th Street and Northside Drive by beating the “Big Box” drum. Sembler is no stranger to Atlanta-neighborhood opposition.
