City of Varnell General Government
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the City of Varnell, Georgia at City Hall 1025 Tunnel Hill
Varnell Road, Dalton, Georgia 30720 until the 21″ day of September, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET and at that hour opened and publicly read aloud for purchase of the City ofVarnell’s interest as Trustee in that tract or parcel of land shown and described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference (“the Subject Property”) used as a sewage treatment plant for The Villas At Nob North Subdivision under that Trust Indenture For Sewage System dated May
9, 2005 by and between Highland Forest Homes, Inc. and the City of Varnell recorded in Deed Book 5294, Pages 81-87 of the Whitfield County, Georgia Deed Records, as amended by that Modification Agreement of March 12, 2010 between the same parties recorded on March 29,
2010 in Deed Book 5456, Page 235 of the Whitfield County, Georgia Deed Records and that Modification of Trust Agreement For Sewerage System by and between Covenant Bank & Trust, as successor in interest to Highland Forest Homes, Inc. and the City of Varnell as Trustee of The Villas At Nob North Sewer System dated March 20, 2012 and recorded on March 23, 2012 in Deed Book 5724, Page 246 of the Whitfield County, Georgia Deed Records. The tract or parcel of land lies offNob North Drive and Marla Drive and is Tax Parcel No. 11-155-01-009.
Prospective bidders should read carefully the below information as to development standards and restrictions to be contained in the City ofVarnell’s deed of conveyance by Trustee’s Deed to successful bidder.
The development and use of the Subject Property must be limited to single family dwellings consistent with Construction Standards contained in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions And Restrictions For The Villas At Nob North A Planned Residential Community
Subdivision at Deed Book 4927, Page 327-346 of the Whitfield County, Georgia Deed Records. This requirement shall be stated in the vesting deed to the successful bidder and no building permit shall be issued for any application that fails to meet those Construction Standards. More specifically, the Construction Standards incorporate but are not limited to the following requirements:
1. No more than four (4) homes to be constructed on property which includes three (3)
on Nob North Drive and (1) off of Marla Drive.
2. Nob North Drive and Marla Drive construction: Architecture will be craftsman in style. Home colors and exterior finishes will blend with three (3) existing homes on Nob North Drive and those on Mulligan Drive. All yards will be 100% Bermuda sod with landscape beds similar to homes already built. All hardboard siding (Hardie or LP Smartside)and vinyl soffit. Brick will be used at foundation and below the windows like the homes on Mulligan Drive. Shingles shall be architectural. Minimum roof pitch of 10/12. Front door shall be 8′ tall. Front windows shall be minimum 6 tall. Homes shall be a mixture of siding, lap, B & B and shake.
3. No road, alley, or throughway to be constructed through the property.
4. Properties shall be connected and subscribed to the new Dalton Utilities sewer system.
5. Newly constructed homes will become part of the Villas at Nob North HOA.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on September 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET in the Council Chamber at Varnell City Hall, 1025 Tunnel Hill Varnell Road, Dalton, GA 30720 at which title, environmental, and construction and development matters will be addressed.
Copies of the bid form may be found on the City ofVarnell’s website or at the City
Clerk’s Office in City Hall.
Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, addressed to “The City of Varnell,” and marked as follows: “Bid For Purchase of Sewage Plant Property.” If hand delivered, sealed bids should be delivered to the City Clerk at City Hall, and if mailed, the sealed bid should be addressed to: City of Varnell P. 0. Box C, Varnell, GA 30756, and mailed so it is delivered prior to the date and time first shown above. Bids will be required to remain open for acceptance or rejection for 45 calendar days after the date of opening of bids and successful bidder shall be ready to close sale not less than thirty (30) days after acceptance of its bid..
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BIDDERS:
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD AND TRANSFERRED “AS IS.”
THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE INFORMALITES IS RESERVED TO THE CITY.
s/Mike Brown
Mike Brown
City Administrator
Varnell, Georgia
END OF ADVERTISMENT
EXHIBIT “A”
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 156 and 169 of the 11″ District and 3″ Section of Whitfield County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin located in the northerly right of way line of Nob North Drive, said point being located in a westerly direction as measured along said right of way line a distance of 359.23 feet from the point of intersection of said right of way line with the west right of way line of Highway 71; thence running south 89 degrees 40 minutes 44 seconds west 257.83 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said right of way and running north 00 degrees 23 minutes 32 seconds east
148.84 feet to an iron pin; thence running north 88 degrees 59 minutes 57 seconds west 68.19 feet
to an iron pin; thence running north 14 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds east 361.52 feet to an iron pin; thence running north 43 degrees 25 minutes 53 seconds west 135.30 feet to an iron pin located in the southerly right of way line of Marla Drive; thence running the following courses and distances along the southerly right of way Marla Drive; south 79 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds east 155.55 feet; south 78 degrees 16 minutes 39 seconds east, 159.44 feet; south 77 degrees 47 minutes 26 seconds east 90 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said right of way line and running south 08 degrees 25 minutes 16 seconds west 105.01 feet to an iron pin; thence running north 77 degrees 47 minute 12 seconds west 90 feet to an iron pin; thence running south 03 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds west 207.61 feet to an iron pin; thence running south 82 degrees 50 minutes
28 seconds east 416. 70 feet to an iron pin located in the westerly right of way line of Highway 71;
thence running south 02 degrees 20 minutes 17 seconds west as measured along said right of way
line a distance of 49.63 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said right of way and running south 89 degrees 40 minutes 44 seconds west 366.64 feet to an iron pin; thence running south 00 degree 19 minutes 16 seconds east 120 feet to an iron pin located in the northerly right of way line of Nob North Drive and the point of beginning.
And for clarity of legal description Less and Except that tract or parcel of land described in that Modification Of Trust Agreement For Sewage System by and between Covenant Bank & Trust, as successor in interest to Highland Forest Homes, Inc., and the City of Varnell, as Trustee of the Villas at Nob North Sewer System, dated March 20, 2012 and recorded in Deed Book 5712, Page
314 of the Whitfield County, Georgia Deed Records.
Said tract or parcel being Tax Parcel No. 11-15-01-009.