When I read the Dear Editor letter in the Cherokee Tribune, I had to laugh. Here it is…
Commissioner too restrictive in zonings
DEAR EDITOR:
I went to the Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 20 in Canton and discovered we have our very own equestrian design expert holding a seat on the board.
The applicant for the Beavers Road zoning should in fact thank Commissioner Harry Johnston for writing his neighborhood covenants for him right down to the style of the houses, the color of the fencing, what should be landscaped, the type of entrance monument, and an unnecessary 50-foot buffer. Mr. Johnston did everything but require the applicant to buy a horse for each house.
Mr. Johnston also offered many suggestions; I mean requirements for the applicants on Salacoa Road. Again, he told them what type of architecture they could have including a limitation on paint colors. I didn’t hear a requirement that old men be forced to play checkers on the front porch, but I’m fairly confident this is the plan.
We are so fortunate to have our very own Martha Stewart living right here in Cherokee County to dictate to the rest of us with bad taste exactly what our property should look like.
Courtney Davis
Woodstock
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In related news…Cherokee Real Estate Blog recently reported news of a Martha Stewart neighborhood in Woodstock:
Martha Stewart and KB Home announced that they are planning to build a new community in Woodstock. They will call it Wynchase and it should be ready for new residents in the Spring of 2007. Prices will start in the high $200,000’s and the homes should be between 2,700 and 3,800 square feet in approximate size. When completed there will be 183 homes in Wynchase.
This is the 2nd KB Home / Martha Stewart community in metro Atlanta as Hampton Oaks opened in Fairburn in July 2006.
