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Ordinance Granting a Special Use Permit for a Private Recreation Facility Located at 4950 Holly Tree Road (SUP-CC-2026-0002)
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Department: |
Planning & Development |
Meeting Date: |
8/4/2026 |
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Contact Name: |
Brian Chambers |
Public Hearing: |
Yes |
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Contact Phone: |
910-342-2782 |
Advertising Date/Advertised By: |
July 10, 2026; July 17, 2026/StarNews |
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Attachments: |
Attachment #1: Ordinance; Attachment #2: Case Summary; Attachment #3: Special Use Permit Application; Attachment #4: Community Meeting Report; Attachment #5: Current Ordinance; Attachment #6: Current Site Plan; Attachment #7: Proposed Site Plan; Attachment #8: Aerial Map; Attachment #9: Land Use Map; #10: Zoning Map; #11: Growth Strategies Map |
PURPOSE:
The applicant is requesting a modification to an existing Special Use Permit (“SUP”) for a private recreation facility located at 4950 Holly Tree Road. This item was continued by City Council at the July 21, 2026, meeting to the August 4, 2026, meeting.
BACKGROUND:
On February 4, 2025, City Council approved an SUP for the expansion of an existing private recreation facility, The Club at Midtown (f/k/a Holly Tree Racquet Club, originally constructed circa 1994). The approved SUP includes maintaining two (2) existing tennis courts, replacing eight (8) tennis courts with ten (10) outdoor pickleball courts, constructing a 33,375-square-foot indoor pickleball facility, and renovating a 5,776-square-foot clubhouse. Conditions of the existing SUP include limits on the hours of operation and site lighting, sound-reducing restrictions on the outdoor pickleball facilities, a maximum club membership (800), and a required pedestrian connection to Kirby Smith Drive (south of the site).
On August 5, 2025, City Council approved a Land Development Code (“LDC”) amendment that reduced the number of uses required to obtain an SUP by allowing some special uses to be permitted by-right with prescribed conditions and others to be approved by conditional zoning. The subject site is zoned R-15, Moderate-density single-dwelling residential district, and private recreation facilities are currently permitted with conditional zoning in this district. Since the approved SUP predates the adopted LDC amendment, the property owner may either request conditional zoning or request to modify the existing SUP. The property owner has elected to request a modification to the existing SUP and proceed with a quasi-judicial hearing.
The applicant proposes to modify the existing SUP to allow padel courts in place of pickleball courts, place padel courts closer to the shared property line with the adjacent subdivision (Teal Trace), install a six-foot-tall fence around the perimeter of the site, and install gated access at the two driveway entrances on Wallington Road and the pedestrian access on Kirby Smith Drive.
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BUDGET IMPACT:
N/A
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RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff does not make recommendations on quasi-judicial applications. SUP requests are not heard by the Planning Commission prior to City Council’s evidentiary hearing.