Columbus, Georgia

MINUTES

COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

WORK

SESSION

AUGUST 24, 2004



The regular monthly Work Session of the Council of Columbus, Georgia was

called to order at 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 24, 2004, in the Council

Chambers, on the Plaza Level of the Government Center, Columbus, Georgia.

Honorable Robert S. Poydasheff, Mayor and Honorable John J. Rodgers, Mayor Pro

Tem, presiding.



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PRESENT: Present other than Mayor Poydasheff and Mayor Pro Tem John J. Rodgers

was Councilors R. Gary Allen, Wayne Anthony, Glenn Davis, Berry Henderson,

Julius H. Hunter, Jr., Charles E. McDaniel, Jr., Evelyn Turner Pugh and Nathan

Suber and Evelyn Woodson. City Manager Carmen Cavezza, Assistant City Attorney

Jamie Deloach and Clerk of Council Tiny B. Washington were also present.



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ABSENT: No one was absent.



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INVOCATION: Led by Mayor Pro Tem John J. Rodgers.



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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mayor Robert S. Poydasheff.



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MINUTES: Minutes of the August 17, 2004 meeting of the Council of the

Consolidated Government of Columbus, Georgia were submitted and approved by the

Council upon the adoption of a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Rodgers and

seconded by Councilor McDaniel, which carried unanimously by those ten members

of Council present for this meeting.

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PROCLAMATIONS:



?CONTACT HELPLINE:



With Ms. Donna Cassell and several other volunteers standing at the

Council table, Councilor Woodson read the proclamation of Mayor Poydasheff,

proclaiming August 24, 2004 as ?Contact Help Line Day? in Columbus, Georgia.

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HEALTHCARE SUMMITT;



Councilor Anthony gave an update on the Columbus Community Healthcare

Summit that will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 from 12:00 noon - 1:45

p.m., at the Convention & Trade Center in the Sycamore Room, which will address

the issues of national healthcare issues and how they will impact Columbus. He

said there would also be a panel of twelve healthcare professionals here in the

community who will be talking about the impact of healthcare and those things

that will be occurring within the next two years.

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CONSENT AGENDA:



THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO

THE ADOPTION OF A MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS AND SECONDED BY

COUNCILOR SUBER, WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY BY THOSE TEN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

PRESENT FOR THIS MEETING:

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An Ordinance (04-76) - Amending the text of the zoning ordinance to change

the

Off-Street Parking requirements for shopping centers and developments.

(39-A-04-Planning Division)



An Ordinance (04-77) - Rezoning properties along the south side of Cusseta

Road, between Alpine Drive and CSU property to the south from a C-2 District to

R-2 and R-4 Districts. (40-A-04-Planning Division)



A Resolution (317-04) - Accepting a deed to the extension of Garrett Lake

Drive located in Lakes Phase Four, Garrett Creek.



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THE FOLLOWING TWO NEW ZONING PETITIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND

EXPLAINED BY CITY ATTORNEY FAY AND AN ORDINANCE AND PUBLIC HEARING WAS CALLED

BY MAYOR PRO TEM RODGERS:



Petition submitted by Developers-Investors, Inc., to rezone approximately

12.49 acres of property located at the south side of Veterans Parkway, between

Lullwater Apartments and Turnberry Lane from an A-O district with conditions to

an A-O district with amended conditions (delete conditions #5 and #6 of

Ordinance 03-90). (Recommended for approval by both the Planning Advisory

Commission and the Planning Division.) (48-A-04-Developers-Investors, Inc.)



Petition submitted by Johnny Daffin requesting an amendment to the text of

the zoning ordinance to allow services operations such as meat storage, cutting

and distribution, milk bottling and distribution, ice cream manufacture,

printing, bookbindery, lithography and publishing as a Special Exception Use in

the C-3 zoning district. (Recommended for approval by the Planning Advisory

Commission and denial by the Planning Division.) (49-D-04-Daffin)

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MARSHAL?S DEPARTMENT:



Councilor Suber said he has been seriously concerned as he noted in December as

it relates to a department within this government that has been collecting

money to purchase items that an elected official felt was good for his

department. He said on Friday morning, the Columbus Ledger Newspaper reported

that fifteen glocks 445-caliber weapons were purchased for officers at $9,500

that was raised by private citizens. He said each gun or weapons cost $365.00

with a trade-in, which amounted to $5,475.00, which would leave a balance of

$4,025.



He said in December, he asked that the Mayor and City Manager send a

letter to Marshal Suddeth asking them to explain policies and procedures

relative to the City and the way we require or demand our elected officials

handle outside funds.



Councilor Suber then read excerpts of that letter addressed to Marshal

Suddeth and stated that on December 15th there was a response from Marshal

Suddeth, which in the last paragraph, he stated that if he has violated any

City policies by requesting donations from local businesses or businessmen that

it was purely unintentional and he would return the donations immediately, but

it was his understanding that it was not illegal to accept or solicit donations

of cash or equipment from the general public.



He said during the budgetary process we purchased thirty (30) glock

weapons on the Sheriffs Department at which time, he asked the question at that

time, why don?t we ensure that all public safety departments have glock weapons

to be replaced. He said the Police Department came back and said they were not

in agreement with that and they preferred to keep the Smith & Wesson weapons.



Mayor Poydasheff said that is correct. He said there were many reasons for

that, which included the cost involved and the ammunition that they already

have, and for safety purposes.



Councilor Suber said he would like to ask for an investigation into the

Marshal?s Department as it relates to these funds. He said he would also like

for us to determine whose weapons were used in the trade-in and if the weapons

belong to the City of Columbus, who authorized the Marshal to trade-in those

weapons. Also, where is the remaining $4,025 and whose responsibility is it to

pay that. Furthermore, if the weapons were purchased with private funds, who

owns the weapons? He said are those weapons for the fifteen individuals that

was given the weapons or should the City be

refunded those funds that were used to purchase the Smith & Wesson prior to

that.



Mayor Poydasheff then addressed several of those concerns expressed by

Councilor Suber. He said if money is received to purchase armaments or other

items for the City of Columbus that money has to go into the general fund of

the City for use of operating funds and earmarked for the purchase of weapons.

He said he would have to discuss this with the City Attorney.



City Attorney Fay said if Councilor Suber wants an outside investigation

done that fines, if the Council wants to ask for that.



Mayor Poydasheff said they will discuss it with the City Manager and then

we can discuss on the best course of action to take in this regard.



Councilor McDaniel said the 45 weapons, the Smith & Wesson, the City

purchased those and said those individuals who purchased the glocks, and they

had no right to trade the government?s weapons. He said he would like to have

that cleared up.



City Manager Cavezza said in FY-05 budget, the Marshal came to him and

requested eleven (11) glocks and he told him at that time he could not put it

in the budget, because he didn?t have the funding to do that. He said he told

him that he had a right to go before the Council and make an appeal to them and

he would make an appointment with them for him to do that. He said the Marshal

never opted to go to the Council.



Councilor Suber said we do have an RFP bid process, which obviously was

violated and said he would also like for the City Attorney to address that.

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WORK SESSION AGENDA:



FUTURE OF FORT BENNING:



At the request of City Manager Cavezza, Colonel Rick Rerarra, Garrison

Commander, Fort Benning came forward and pointed out that this presentation

includes what is currently taking place at Fort Benning right now and what is

to come in the near future. He then gave a twenty-two minute very detailed

update

which included the following:



q Population Profile

q Installation Facts

q Current Contracts

q Current and Planned Construction

q Community Outreach

q Expansion





HOUSING DISTRIBUTION:



On Post ? 4.967 houses on Fort Benning



Off Post Home Owners vs. Rental Profile





RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE



q Program to privatize all family housing on Fort Benning

q Contractor will develop communities, not simply housing

q Total estimated project investment - $450 - $880 million over the next 10

years



Annual Operating Budget - $333 million this year



Local Economic Impact FY-03 - $1,952,060,318

Expect to go over $2.19 billion by 2006







CONTRACTS



Total dollars obligated on contracts: $132.1M



Total dollars spent on the Government Purchase Card: $17.6M





TOP FIVE CONTRACTS:





Personnel

1. Engineering and Logistics Support (Shaw): $40.7M 1,042

2. Dining Facilities Support (L&S Svcs.): $28.9M 1,046

3. Corporate Apartments and Motel Leases: $5.6M 0

4. Maintenance & Repair Family Housing (Tri-Star): $2.7M 46

5. Refuse Collection w/Disposal (SI-NOR): $1.4M 2,149



CONSTRUCTION SINCE 1994



q Mission Facilities ? 9 Projects for $53,250,000

q Mobility Facilities ? 8 Projects for $68,650,000

q Housing Facilities ? 9 Projects for $248,6000,000

q Community Facilities ? 12 Projects for $67,130,000





ONGOING CONSTRUCTION:



q Air Deployment Complex

q Chapel

q Access Control Points

q Installation Fencing

q Main Post Barracks

q Urban Assault Course Complex

q Digital Multi-purpose Range Complex

q Main Post Fire Station

q Infantry Squad Battle Course Range



Colonel Rererror then highlighted those scheduled construction projects

that will take place within the next five years with $357 million for those

projects.



NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM



Colonel Rererror said they are excited about the National Infantry Museum,

which they will be breaking ground on September 21st during the Infantry

Conference.



COMMUNITY OUTREACH



? 35 Partners In Education

? Various Boards & Committees

? Chamber of Commerce Committees(8)

? Rotary (5)

? Kiwanis Club (2)

? Lions Club

? Exchange Club

? Better Business Bureau

? Mayor?s Anti-Terrorism Task Force

? Columbus South Task Force

? Multiple Yearly Events

? Business Outreach

? Help the Hooch

? House of Heroes







PREPARING FOR EXPANSION



United States Army Infantry School

Infantry Training Brigade

Basic Combat Training Brigade

Ranger Training Brigade

11th Infantry Regiment

29th Infantry Regiment

Henry Caro NCO Academy







Infantry Futures Group

TRADOC Systems Manager

- Close Combat Missile System

- Stryker / Bradley

- Soldier

Soldier Battle Lab

Combat Developments



INFANTRY SCHOOL INCREASES



United States Army Infantry School

?Infantry Training Brigade

?Basic Combat Training Brigade

?Ranger Training Brigade

?11th Infantry Regiment

?29th Infantry Regiment

?Henry Caro NCO Academy











3/3 BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM

36th ENGINEER GROUP



Transitioning from a Brigade/Division structure to a Brigade Combat Team.Those

units stationed at Fort Stewart that have been aligned with the 3rd Brigade

will go to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade and when they return they will come back

to Fort Benning.$66.2 million construction cost.The 36th Engineer Group.



Structure: Two Engineer Companies, one Corps Support Battalion, One

Transportation Company, One Maintenance Company, and One Ordinance Company.



Scheduled to Deploy Iraq: December 2004



75th RANGER REGIMENT



The 75th Ranger Regiment plans and conducts special missions in support of U.S.

policy and objectives.



Structure: Three Battalions ?

1-75th IN, Hunter Army Airfield, GA

2-75th IN, Fort Lewis, WA

3-75th IN, Fort Benning, GA



Construction: $1M Barracks Renovation



Deployment: Recurring 90-Day Rotation, to Iraq and Afghanistan

since 2001.



5/25 BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM

5/25 LOCATION



He said this will be a temporary Station, and once BRACk is complete and

decisions is made as to what installations are going to either be realigned or

closed, then the army will come back and decide where all these brigades have

been announced will eventually stay. He said they have to make space for the

5/25 brigade and they have been told to setup temporary facilities for it,

which is approximately $54 million of modular facilities, to keep them for 5 ?

8 years. He said then they will allow us tine to build the facilities that they

will occupy if they stay in Fort Benning, which would be about $200 - $400

million.





Col Rererror said in order to create the additional brigade, Fort Benning has

decided to replace military with civilians and said they will be starting that

process this October. He said there would be 256-military/civilian conversion

and the firsts 49 will start this October.



After the conclusion of the report, Mayor Poydasheff and members of the

Council then made several comments to Colonel Rererror and thanked him for what

he and General Freakly does at Fort Benning.



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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:



Mr. Mike Gaymon, President of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

gave a thirteen-minute presentation updating the Mayor & Council on Columbus

and provided statistical data as to Columbus and the Metropolitan service area

as it leads Georgia in the top 25 for Metro growth. In his presentation, he

provided the following as outlined below:



RATING FORMULA



American City Business Journal?s rating formula compared the U.S. averages for

20 different time spans, yielding an overall growth score.



The spans ranged from 20-years to a single year.



The goal was to identify the metro areas with consistently strong rates of

income growth during the past decades.





PER CAPITA INCOME



The Columbus Metropolitan Area ranked 4th in southern metropolitan area and

ranked 18th nationally out of 170 national metro areas



Columbus? per capita income grew to $25,899 in 2002 a 183 % increase from 1982



LEADING THE GROWTH IN GEORGA



Columbus, GA #18



Atlanta Sandy Springs-Marietta #89



Augusta ? Richmond #94



Savannah #100



SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY 1982-2002



Census

1990 2000

Population Per Capital Income

Per Capital

2002



Atlanta Sandy

Springs ? 4,529,256 20,603

33,120

Marietta GA



Savannah, GA 299.970 17,695

26,863



Columbus, GA 283,133 15,447

23,887



Augusta, GA 507,176 17,185

23,911









ECONOMIC IMPACT ESTIMATED 1999 ? PRESENT SUMMARY





YEAR DIRECT JOBS CAPITAL INVESTMENT



1999 1,565

$132,800,000

2000 2,200 135,500,000

2001 1,247

429,250,000

2002 670

111,930,000

2003 1,246

109,250,000

2004 (8 months) 1,593 75,125,000





Total Direct

Jobs to Date 8,521

$993,855,000





Total Indirect

Jobs 7,930



Grand Total

To Date 16,451

$993,855,000







Mr. Gaymon said today their staff is entertaining 10 international

individuals that are here in our community from 10 different countries looking

at us and talking to some of our businesses, talking about import and export

opportunities. He said this is another example of what we are trying to do to

make sure we stay proactive and continue the kind of jobs that you want for

your citizens of this community and the capital investment that we know is very

important.



He then offered to answer any questions of the Mayor and members of

Council, but there were none.



Mayor Poydasheff also thanked Mr. Gaymon what he does for our great City.





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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:



City Manager Cavezza said we have been working on this comprehensive

plan for about three years now and said a lot of work and effort has gone into

it by a lot of dedicated people. He said there have been a lot of briefings and

public meetings have taken place and said he thinks that we have model of

trying to this very controversy issue into a coordinated packet. He said what

we have here is a plan that protects the homeowners, the environment, but it

also provides developmental opportunities for developers. He said that is a

tough thing to balance, but said he thinks that we are about as close as you

can get.



He said part of this plan is the Unified Development Ordinance and said

what we are going to give you today is an overview of the Unified Development

Ordinance. He said it complements the plan and some of the issues that we

address in the Unified Development Ordinance have a direct bearing on the plan.

He said on today we would give you the overview and a CD, which has the entire

plan on it, which is a very voluminous document.









City Manager Cavezza said a lot of people from the various constituency

have been involved and we have consensus. He said there are few changes that

occurred in this process that he would like to highlight them.



He said the last time he talked with the Council about this issue, he had

indicated that R-2 zoning was proposed to go from low-density residential land

use to median density. He said we are coming back and recommending that R-2

remains in low density residential. He said after they looked at infield

development having R-2 in median density complicated that, so this makes it a

little simpler.



He said the area between Blackmon Road and Pierce Chapel Road was

originally low-density residential, they recommended that it go to rural

residential use, but after looking at it, they are know saying that this should

remain low density residential. He said a lot of that area has been put in

conservation easement by a lot of landowners and said there is low-density

residential in that area now. He said that appears to be acceptable and

hopefully, not controversial at this point.



City Manager Cavezza said the last area is the A-2 zoning, which is a

half-acre lot that was designed for transitional purposes as we broached the

issue of low, versus median density or rural residential versus low-density. He

said it was designed as transitional, but not necessarily as a zoning, just

strictly A-2.



He said when we briefed it to the public, we briefed it as it was in

low-density residential, not rural residential. He said this is still being

debated to some extent; however, he thinks this issue needs to be addressed as

we move forward and said we will talk about it a little more later on in this

meeting.



City Manager Cavezza said in conjunction with some of the people who have

worked on this, we think there is a need to bring a group of people together to

take the next step in this comprehensive plan and unified development ordinance

to look at, particularly the panhandle area and our rural areas, to see what is

the right way to do it. He said where are the potential commercial sites and

what are the longer range and a more detailed look into this. He then called

Rick Jones of the Planning Division to introduce this document.



Rick Jones, Planning Division said this is one of the most important

documents that this City will have to deal with. He said this sets the course

of action for development and protection for all of our citizens for the next 5

? 10 years. He said this would be a guide as to how we approach things, not

only from a zoning aspect, but dealing with subdivision reviews, storm-water

runoff and all those things that involves development.



He said this document would constantly need reviewing, your interaction as

well as the citizen?s input to make it a working document. He said this

document needs to be reviewed at least every 12 ? 18 months and said they are

going to put this into the ordinance to state that.



Mr. Jones introduced Mr. Bill Ross, one of the consultants who will also

be making the presentation with him this morning. He said Mr. Ross has been

very instrumental in putting this document together for us.



Mr. Jones then spent several minutes in making this presentation as outlined

below:













UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT PLAN:



EXISTING ORDINANCES:



q Zoning Ordinance has not been fully updated since 1984

q Subdivision Ordinance was last done in 1982

q Confusing/Conflicting

q They do not reflect current needs or meet existing conditions



GOALS & OBJECTIVES:



q Create a single, unified, development ordinance

q Eliminate obsolete, duplicative or conflicting standards

q Update definitions

q Update standards for various uses in zoning districts; including the addition

or deletion of some districts

q Enact new environmental & natural resources protection requirements

q Update and consolidate development review processes

q Avoid creating extensive nonconforming uses or structures

q Provide viable options for development, while offering protection for

adjoining properties



STATUS UPDATE:



q Project started in 2002

q For the past two years, interviews and focus groups have been conducted

q An initial draft document was prepared

q Meetings were held approximately every two weeks with representatives from

the development community & others

q Meetings were also held with representatives from the environmental community

as well



Mr. Philip Thayer, of the Greater Homebuilders Association and Mr. Tom

Flournoy, of the Environmental Committee both appeared and expressed their

support of the Unified Development Ordinance and the Comprehensive Plan, to

include the proposed changes as stated earlier by City Manager Cavezza.



MAJOR PROPOSED UDO CHANGES:



New Zoning Districts



A-1 District to be eliminated

A-1 is replaced by Residential Estate 1 (RE1)

A-2 is replaced by Residential Transition (RT)

Plus the addition of Residential Estate 10 (RE10) and Residential Estate 5 (RE5)

New Bed & Breakfast Designations

Bed and Breakfast Inn

Allows for multiple buildings to be used

Must be within the HIST zoning district

Owner must reside within one of the buildings

No more than 8 rooms that can be used for lodging in a single building, and no

more than 20 rooms for all of the buildings

Allows events, such as parties and weddings, with no more than 125 guests, with

all events to end by 10 p.m.



q Standards for places of worship

q Regulations for transitional housing

q Better coordination between the buffer and tree ordinances

q Establishment of environmental protections

q Creation of resource conservation subdivisions as a development option

q Provisions for two classes of zoning change: major and minor





NEW ZONING DISTRICTS:



? Residential Estate 10 (RE10)

? Residential Estate 5 (RE5)

? Commercial Office (CO)

? Technical (TECH)

? Specific Area Overlay Districts

? Planned Commercial Development (PCD)

? Planned Industrial Development (PID)

? Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD)





UDO TRANSITION POLICIES:



NONCONFORMITIES



q Transition to the new code may create some nonconformities

? Size of lot, existing use, etc.

q As long as the specific use has been established legally it will be allowed

to remain

q Should the use stop for six months or more, the property will automatically

revert to the present zoning

? This is a change from the present 2 year allowance





Rezonings Resulting from the UDO Adoption



q Some properties will require individual rezoning to meet the new code



? Properties that are in a neighborhood, but would be better suited with

general commercial zone



? Properties that are a multifamily use in a single family zone, but are

located where a multifamily zoning would be appropriate



? Properties that are zoned for general commercial uses, but would be better

served by a neighborhood commercial zoning



? Properties that require a new zoning classification should not be ?punished?

or ?penalized?.



? To remedy this situation, staff has already begun to identify properties that

are potential candidates for rezoning



? Staff in the future will recommend these properties for rezoning in sequence

with the adoption of this ordinance



? Recommend initiating a rezoning at no cost to the property owner, when the

need for rezoning is identified during the normal course of property use, sale

or change of use.



? A expiration time for this offer will have to be established



Mr. Jones pointed out that copies of thee UDO are available:

By visiting our website at:

www.columbusga.com/mpo

Click on the UDO icon on the page for more instructions on how to download this

document

At our office at 420 10th Street

Available on CDROM (free)

Hardcopy ($25.00)

Call us at 706-653-4421



Residential Estate 10 ? RE 10

Residential Estate 5 ? RE 5

Commercial Office ? CO

Technical ? TECH

Overlay Districts

Planned Commercial District ? PCD

Planned Manufacturing/Industrial District ? PID

Planned Mixed Use Developments-PMUD



Overlay Districts

Allows Council to establish districts to address specific issues for different

areas throughout the community

Provides the mechanism to address specific planning and zoning issues within a

geographic area

Road corridors

Neighborhoods

Master Planned Overlay Districts

Master Planned Overlay (MPO) Districts:

Replacement for existing limited planned unit developments (PUD)

Creates MPD?s for

Residential (PUD)

Commercial (PCD)

Industrial/Manufacturing (PID)

Mixed Use Developments (PMUD)

Exempts rezoning requirements for PUD?s in RE10, RE5, or RE1 districts





Master Planned Overlay Districts

MPO Districts continued:

Requires an overall master development plan

Allows Council and the landowner greater flexibility in the development of the

property

Creates incentives for additional housing density and for mixed residential and

nonresidential projects

Grants Council the power to waive certain requirements for innovative PMD?s





Day Care Uses

Type I:

Allowed in as an accessory use in residential districts

Limits size to 6 clients

Type II:

Allowed in as an accessory use for any principal use that is open to the

public: i.e publicly oriented uses, such as places of worship, offices and

schools to establish day care operations

May be used as a principal use in any nonresidential district

Limits size to 7 to 18 clients



Day Care Uses

Type III

Allows large-scale day care centers

Provides care for more than 18 clients

Allows larger day care in both commercial and industrial districts

As a Special Exception use in residential zoning districts when associated with

a public oriented uses such as a school or place of worship

Home Occupations

Eliminates review of home occupations by Board of Zoning Appeal

Creates additional standards to eliminate impacts on adjacent residential uses

Eliminates types of uses that are not compatible when located within

residential zoning districts, such as small beauty or barber shops

Encourages home occupations, and compliance with City codes by eliminating the

required public hearing

Places of Worship

Establishes two classes:

Less than 250 seats

250 seats or more

Recommended for compliance with recent federal legislation (RFRA)

Requires special exception approval for any facility with more than 250 seats

Establishes special exception uses such as schools, Type III day care and

personal care facilities, monasteries or convents

Transitional Housing

Type I:

Creates transitional housing facilities as locations for individuals

participating in substance abuse programs

Consistent with recent federal court rulings

Allows small-scale facilities with 6 or less in single and multifamily zones

Allows facilities with not more than 15 clients in multifamily zones

16 or more only in nonresidential zones

Transitional Housing

Type II:

Creates transitional housing facilities as locations for individuals

participating in certain types of correctional programs

Requires a minimum distance of 500 feet from any residential zoning district

Limits size of facility to 25 clients

Limits location to industrial zoning districts



Tree and Buffer Ordinances

Clarification of terms that apply to both ordinances:

Small and Large Maturing trees

Refers to same tables in both ordinances for size clarifications

Both ordinances remain intact

Environmental Protection

Provides protection for streams

Requires a 25 buffer for existing developments

A 50-foot buffer for all new development

Establishes protected stream corridors for all land within 150 feet of the

banks of perennial streams and rivers

Establishes criteria for land clearing activities within protected stream

corridors

Provides wetlands protection

Offers protection of primary conservation areas

Conservation Subdivisions

Voluntary residential development option

Allows residential development while protecting significant environmental,

natural resource, historic or archaeological resources

Allows development of smaller lots as a tradeoff for environmental, natural

resource and community character benefits

Potential use in the panhandle area, by preserving the property owner?s

density, and retaining the rural, open space character

Provides alternatives for ownership and management of lands held in common

Major and Minor Zoning Changes

Establishes criteria for a ?Major? zoning change, that involves any of the

following:

Request is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan

Having an entrance on a major thoroughfare

Classified as a Development of Regional Impact project

Exceeds certain threshold such as number of hotel rooms, number of dwelling

units, and number of nonresidential square feet

Major and Minor Zoning Changes

Zoning Districts Conversion Chart



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EXECUTIVE SESSION:



City Manager Cavezza said he would like to go into a brief executive

session after the adjournment of the Council meeting to discuss a real estate

matter.



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UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT PLAN;



Councilor Davis asked City Manager Cavezza to publish some of these

changes and reclassifications of the Unified Development Plan on CCG-TV.



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EXECUTIVE SESSION:



Regarding the request of City Manager Cavezza to go into a brief executive

session to discuss a real estate matter, Councilor McDaniel then made a motion

to allow the Council to go into executive session. Seconded by Councilor Allen

and carried unanimously by those nine members of Council present for this

meeting.



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At 11:30 a.m. the Council adjourned its regular session to allow the

Council to go into an executive session.



At 11:38 a.m. the meeting was called back to order, at which time Mayor

Poydasheff pointed out that we met in executive session, but there was no votes

taken.



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UPCOMING EVENTS:



City Manager Cavezza then highlight some upcoming events.



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With there being no other business to come before the Council, Mayor Pro

Tem Rodgers then made a motion for adjournment. Seconded by Councilor McDaniel

and carried unanimously by those ten members of Council present for this

meeting, with the time being 11:40 a.m.



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Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council

The Council of Columbus, Georgia