The Johns Creek Planning Commission met on March 3, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall Council Chambers. The primary agenda item was a zoning ordinance text amendment (A-26-001) to allow replacement of chain-link fencing along rights-of-way when impacted by city or state road projects. The commission also approved previous meeting minutes, received departmental updates, and discussed future meeting schedules.
All right, good evening. I like to call the March 3rd, 2026 meeting of the City of Johns Creek Planning Commission to order. At this time, I'd like to ask everyone to please silence or turn off your cell phone. This planning commission is a recommending body to the mayor and to the city council, and we follow guidelines in conjunction with the public hearing to assist in formulating a recommendation. Copies of the Planning Commission's procedures and staff reports are available at the entrance to this chamber. The presiding officer will call cases on the agenda for public hearing. First, we shall recognize planning staff to make a presentation of the case with their recommendations, and then we will open the public hearing. The applicant shall receive a time period of 10 minutes to present their case. If there is any concurrent variance, each shall be granted the applicant an additional ten minutes. This time is kept by the planning department staff. The applicant may choose to use their entire allotment or reserve a portion of their time for rebuttal. Any member of the hearing body, us, upon recognition by the presiding officer, may ask questions of the applicant or agent of the application. The period of questions from the planning commission is not deducted from the applicant's time period. Opposition is granted an equal time period per application to present data, evidence, and their opinions. If a large number of people wish to speak in opposition, it is advisable to designate a spokesperson to make that presentation. The city is not obligated to provide the full time period to opponents if they elect not to use their time, and the opposition is not granted a rebuttal period. Any member of the hearing body upon recognition by the presiding officer may ask questions of any person giving public comment. After completing this process, the presiding officer will indicate that the public hearing is now closed. Upon closing the hearing, the planning commission can no longer be addressed by the applicant or by opposition. The planning commission may ask questions of city staff at this time, and once all questions have been asked and addressed, the presiding officer will call for a motion, and if properly seconded will call for a vote on the matter. So the first item of business on the agenda today. Great. Thank you. Can I get a second? All right. Any discussion needed at all on the meeting minutes? I'm modifying a little bit based on our discussions. All right. All those in favor say aye. All right. Motion is approved. What are we? Five zero. Five-zero in a favor. The first item of business on the agenda is zoning ordinance text amendment A-2601. Good evening, Planning Commissioners. Uh first meeting in 2026. Excited about to see you all. So hope you're all doing good. Um presenting a text amendment of the zoning ordinance, A-26-001. This is a council initiated amendment. And it amends sections of the zoning ordinance pertaining to fence regulations. And the request is or the amendment is to allow for replacement of existing fences adjacent to invisible from the right of fee when such fences are impacted by a city or state road project. Section 4.11 of the zoning ordinance details the allowed materials for fences and walls related to residential properties. Section 12 E.3. These are the community standards that we always bring to you in terms of materials. Except for AG 1 zoned properties used for agricultural purposes. Chain link fencing is currently not permitted adjacent to public roads. So now we'll look at a little example here. So just to kind of have understanding of what we're talking about is the map here shows.