AN ORDINANCE
NO.
An Ordinance amending the Zoning Atlas of the Consolidated Government
of Columbus, Georgia; this amendment changes certain boundaries of a district
located west of the northwest and southwest corners of Wooldridge Road and
Veterans Parkway from A-1 (Agricultural) District to R-1 (Low Density
Residential) and R-1A (Low Density Residential) Districts.
THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY ORDAINS:
That the Zoning Atlas on file with the Planning Division of the
Department of Community and Economic Development be, and the same is hereby
amended by changing the following described property from A-1 (Agricultural)
District to R-1 (Low Density Residential) Districts:
Part of Land Lots 231, 232, 233, and 234, 19th District, Columbus, Muscogee
County, Georgia,
and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an iron pin at
the intersection of
the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road with the west right-of-way line
of Veterans
Parkway and run thence North 76 degrees 53 minutes 46 seconds West along the
north right-of-way
line of Wooldridge Road a distance of 634.26 feet to an iron pin; thence
continue along the north
right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the left of 1,495.52
feet an arc distance of
701.75 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 76 degrees 13 minutes 07 seconds
West along the north
right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of 372.00 feet to an iron pin
at the point of beginning; thence run South 76 degrees 13 minutes 07 seconds
West along the north right-of-way line of
Wooldridge Road a distance of 906.26 feet to an iron pin; thence continue along
the north
right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the right of 1,869.86
feet an arc distance
of 609.83 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 85 degrees 06 minutes 00
seconds West along the
north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of 610.46 feet to an iron
pin; thence run
North 03 degrees 45 minutes 18 seconds West a distance of 774.76 feet to an
iron pin; thence run
North 03 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds West a distance of 1,955.59 feet to an
iron pin; thence run
North 86 degrees 51 minutes 25 seconds East a distance of 1,478.57 feet to an
iron pin; thence run
North 86 degrees 31 minutes 32 seconds East a distance of 455.15 feet to an
iron pin; thence run
South 04 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East a distance of 1,771.46 feet to an
iron pin; thence run
South 19 degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds East a distance of 522.45 feet; thence
run South 07 degrees
13 minutes 14 seconds East a distance of 365.05 feet to an iron pin at the
point of beginning.
Containing 125.628 acres.
And
Part of Land Lots 233 and 234, 19th District, Columbus, Muscogee County,
Georgia, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an
iron pin at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road
with the west right-of-way tine of Veterans Parkway and run thence North 76
degrees 53 minutes 46 seconds West along the south right-of-way line of
Wooldridge Road a distance of 635.46 feet to an iron pin; thence continue along
the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the left of
1,415.52 feet an arc distance of 50.00 feet to an iron pin at the point of
beginning; thence run South 12 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West a distance of
1,186.16 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 74 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds
West a distance of 1,838.08 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 23 degrees 49
minutes 04 seconds West a distance of 734.69 feet to an iron pin; thence run
South 03 degrees 49 minutes 42 seconds East a distance of 270.00 feet to an
iron pin; thence run South 86 degrees 10 minutes 18 seconds West a distance of
625.00 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 03 degrees 43 minutes 14 seconds
West a distance of 419.38 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 03 degrees 49
minutes 19 seconds West a distance of 1,897.29 feet to an iron pin on the south
right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road; thence run South 85 degrees 06 minutes 00
seconds East along the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of
600.56 feet to an iron pin; thence continue along the south right-of-way line
of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the left of 1,949.86 feet an arc distance
of 635.92 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 76 degrees 13 minutes 07
seconds East along the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of
1,278.26 feet to an iron pin; thence continue along the south right-of-way line
of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the right of 1,415.52 feet an arc distance
of 614.21 feet to an iron pin at the point of beginning. Containing 100.92
acres.
That the Zoning Atlas on file with the Planning Division of the
Department of Community and Economic Development be, and the same is hereby
amended by changing the following described property from A-1 (Agricultural)
District to R-1A (Low Density Residential) Districts:
Part of Land Lots 232 and 233, 19th District, Columbus, Muscogee County,
Georgia, and
being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an iron pin at the
intersection
of the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road with the west right-of-way
line of Veterans
Parkway and run thence North 76 degrees 53 minutes 46 seconds West along the
north
right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of 634.26 feet to an iron pin;
thence continue
along the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the left
of 1,495.52
feet an arc distance of 50.00 feet to an iron pin at the point of beginning;
thence continue
along the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road along a radius to the left
of 1,495.52
feet an arc distance of 651.75 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 76 degrees
13 minutes 07
seconds West along the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road a distance of
372.00 feet
to an iron pin; thence run North 07 degrees 13 minutes 14 seconds West a
distance of 365.05
feet to an iron pin; thence run North 19 degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds West a
distance of
522.45 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 04 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds
West a distance
of 1,261.46 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 83 degrees 23 minutes 02
seconds East a distance
of 247.85 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 23 degrees 16 minutes 34
seconds East a distance of 173.44 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 62
degrees 15 minutes 43 seconds East a distance of
314.1 0 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 56 degrees 45 minutes 21 seconds
East a distance of
502.31 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 46 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds
East a distance of
466.38 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 62 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds
East a distance of
134.78 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 08 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds
West a distance of 1,030.00 feet to an iron pin on the north right-of-way line
of Wooldridge Road at the point of
beginning. Containing 46.309 acres.
And
Part of Land Lots 233 and 234, 19th District, Columbus, Muscogee County,
Georgia, and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an
iron pin at the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road
with the west right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway and run thence South 12
degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West along the west right-of-way line of Veterans
Parkway a distance of 1,150.00 feet to an iron pin at the point of beginning;
thence run South 12 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West along the west
right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway a distance of 155.50 feet to an iron pin;
thence continuing the west right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway along a radius
to the left of 1,457.69 feet an arc distance of 578.25 feet to an iron pin;
thence run South 10 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds East along the west
right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway a distance of 188.65 feet to an iron pin;
thence run South 85 degrees 57 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 892.34
feet to an iron pin; thence run South 11 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a
distance of 212.31 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 86 degrees 10 minutes
18 seconds West a distance of 876.91 feet to an iron pin; thence run North 03
degrees 49 minutes 42 seconds West a distance of 270.00 feet to an iron pin;
thence run North 23 degrees 49 minutes 04 seconds East a distance of 734.69
feet to an iron pin; thence run North 74 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds East a
distance of 1,838.08 feet to an iron pin; thence run South 12 degrees 14
minutes 45 seconds West a distance of 83.84 feet to an iron pin; thence run
South 77 degrees 45 minutes 15 seconds East a distance of 220.00 feet to an
iron pin; thence run North 88 degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds East a distance of
478.36 feet to an iron pin at the point of beginning. Containing 61.645 acres.
The above-described property is being rezoned with the following conditions:
1. Restrictions and covenants (Subdivision Covenants) governing and
establishing standards for the development, use, landscaping, and appearance
of the Grey Rock Property that is to be developed as a single family
residential development, and the individual lots and single family homes
comprising the same, shall be prepared by Grey Rock Development, LLC (Grey
Rock) and recorded in the real property records of Muscogee County, Georgia
with respect to each section of single family residential lots prior to the
conveyance of any lots by Grey Rock. Said restrictions and covenants shall
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Homeowners Association: Grey Rock shall organize a Homeowners
Association and each owner of a single family residential lot in the Grey
Rock Property shall be required to join said association and to pay dues
secured by liens on the lot sufficient to maintain the Buffers (described in
Condition #2), the subdivision entrances to the Grey Rock Property as
developed, and all other common property and amenities of such single family
residential development.
b. Architectural Control Committee: An Architectural Control Committee
shall review and have approval over all improvements on the Grey Rock
Property to be developed as a single family residential development.
c. Buffers: Buffers, as stated in Condition #2, shall be included in
the Subdivision Covenants.
d. Front Yard Landscaping: Standards and requirements for front yard
landscaping and tree planting shall be developed and included in the
Subdivision Covenants.
e. Fences: No fencing shall be located within the Buffers or on the
side of a Buffer toward Wooldridge Road, Veterans Parkway, or the Georgia
Crown Property. No fencing shall be located within the right-of-way of
Wooldridge Road or Veterans Parkway. All fences shall be constructed of
either wood, masonry, black metal, or black chain-link.
f. Mailboxes: All mailboxes shall be of a uniform design to be set
forth in the Subdivision Covenants.
g. Minimum Square Footage of Homes: The Subdivision Covenants shall
provide that the minimum square footage of the single family homes (heated
area) built on the single family residential lots in the Grey Rock Property
shall not be less than the following:
1. R-1A Lots: 1,500 square feet
2. R-1 Lots: 1,800 square feet
3. R-1 Larger Lots: 2,200 square feet
h. Outbuildings / Accessory Structures: The Subdivision Covenants
shall provide for restrictions on outbuildings and other accessory
structures (Accessory Structures) constructed or installed on single family
residential lots in the Grey Rock Property, including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. No more than one Accessory Structure shall be constructed or
installed on a lot.
2. Accessory Structures shall not exceed one story in height.
3. The covered floor area of an Accessory Structure shall not be
greater than fifteen (15) percent of the minimum square footage applicable
to the single family home on a lot.
4. Accessory Structures shall be constructed of one or more of the
same materials as used on the exterior of the home constructed on the lot,
and the trim and other painted areas shall be painted the same color as (or
a color compatible with) the painted areas on the exterior of the home.
5. The roof pitch of Accessory Structures shall be a minimum of 5 on
12.
i. Other Development Restrictions and Covenants:
1. Entrances: The Grey Rock Property shall have no more than two
entrances serving the single family residential development on the north
side of Wooldridge Road and no more than two entrances serving the single
family residential development south side of Wooldridge Road.
2. Density: The number of single family residential lots on the Grey
Rock Property shall not exceed five hundred ten (510) lots as shown on the
Master Plan (Exhibit B). Further, the number of R-1A lots shall not exceed
two hundred fifty-three (253) and the number of R-1 Larger Lots shall not
be less than one hundred nineteen (119).
3. Sanitary Sewer: All lots included in the Grey Rock Property shall
be served by a public sanitary sewer system.
2. The following perpetual "Buffers" (herein so called) shall be created and
established by Grey Rock, landscaped as provided below, and conveyed to the
Homeowners Association, prior to the sale of any lots in the Grey Rock
Property or the construction of any single.family homes thereon:
a. North line of Wooldridge Road: A 40-feet wide strip of land
entirely within the Grey Rock property and along the common boundary of the
Grey Rock Property and the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road,
extending to the intersection of the north right-of-way line of Wooldridge
Road and the west property line of the "Proposed Commercial Development"
parcel, planted with evergreens (such as Burford and Carissa Holly) and
other trees and plant-materials as included on Exhibit "C" attached hereto
and made a part hereof, to supplement the natural growth of trees. Clear
cutting of this Buffer at any time shall be prohibited, it being the intent and
agreement of the parties hereto that the only trees or other plant materials
that may be cut down or removed are dead or diseased trees and other plant
materials.
b. South line of Wooldridge Road: A 35 feet wide strip of land
entirely within the Grey Rock Property and along the common boundary of the
Grey Rock Property and the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge Road,
extending to the intersection of the south right-of-way line of Wooldridge
Road and the west property line of the "Proposed Commercial Development"
parcel, planted with evergreens (such as Burford and Carissa Holly) and
other trees and plant materials as included on Exhibit "C" attacbed hereto
and made a part hereof. Clear cutting of this Buffer shall be prohibited at
any time after the initial landscaping is planted and installed, it being the
intent and agreement of the parties hereto that the only trees or other
plant materials that may be cut down or removed after such initial
landscaping are dead or diseased trees and other plant materials.
c. Common property line with Georgia Crown: A 30 feet wide strip of
land entirely within the Grey Rock Property and along the common boundary of
the Grey Rock Property and the Georgia Crown Property, planted with
evergreens (such as Burford and Carissa Holly) and other trees and plant
materials as included on Exhibit ?C? attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Clear cutting of this Buffer shall be prohibited at any time after the
initial landscaping is planted and installed, it being the intent and
agreement of the parties hereto that the only trees or other plant materials
that may be cut down or removed after such initial landscaping are dead or
diseased trees and other plant materials.
d. West line of Veterans Parkway: A 50 feet wide strip of land
entirely within the Grey Rock Property and along the common boundary of the
Grey Rock Property and the west right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway,
planted with evergreens (such as Burford and Carissa Holly) and other trees
and plant materials as included on Exhibit ?C? attached hereto and made a
part hereof. Clear cutting of this Buffer shall be prohibited at any time
after the initial landscaping is planted and installed, it being the intent
and agreement of the parties hereto that the only trees or other plant
materials that may be cut down or removed after such initial landscaping are
dead or diseased trees and other plant materials.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the
15th day of March, 2005; introduced a second time at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the day of , 2005 and adopted at said
meeting by the affirmative vote of members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting _______
Councilor Anthony voting _______
Councilor Davis voting _______
Councilor Henderson voting _______
Councilor Hunter voting _______
Councilor McDaniel voting _______
Councilor Rodgers voting _______
Councilor Suber voting _______
Councilor Turner Pugh voting _______
Councilor Woodson voting _______
Tiny B. Washington Robert S. Poydasheff Clerk of Council
Mayor