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Ordinance Granting a Modification to the Special Use Permit for a Private Recreation Facility Located at 4950 Holly Tree Road & 304 Westchester Road (SUP-CC-2026-0002)- Item is requested to be continued to a later date.
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Planning & Development |
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7/21/2026 |
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Contact Name: |
Brian Chambers |
Public Hearing: |
Yes |
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910-342-2782 |
Advertising Date/Advertised By: |
July 10, 2026; July 17, 2026/StarNews |
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PURPOSE:
The applicant is requesting a modification to an existing Special Use Permit for a private recreation facility located at 4950 Holly Tree Road.
BACKGROUND:
On February 4, 2025, City Council approved a special use permit for the expansion of an existing private recreation facility, The Club at Midtown (fka Holly Tree Racquet Club, originally constructed circa 1994). The approved special use permit includes maintaining two existing tennis courts, replacing eight tennis courts with 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 special use permit 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 amendment that reduced the number of uses permitted by special use permit by allowing some special uses to be permitted by-right with prescribed conditions and some special uses 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 special use permit predates the adopted Land Development Code amendment, the property owner may either request conditional zoning or request to modify the existing special use permit. The property owner has elected to request a modification to their existing special use permit and proceed with a quasi-judicial hearing.
The applicant proposes to modify the existing special use permit to allow padel courts in place of pickleball courts, place padel courts closer to 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. Special Use Permits are not heard by Planning Commission prior to City Council’s evidentiary hearing.