Columbus, Georgia

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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 at 6801 and 6923 River Road from NC (Neighborhood Commercial) District

to PCD (Planned Commercial Development) District.



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 NC (Neighborhood

Commercial) District to PCD (Planned Commercial Development) District:



All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Muscogee

County, Georgia and being known and designated as all of Parcel 100, containing

12.45 acres, as said Parcel 100 is more particularly described on that certain

map or plat entitled ?Replat of Part of the Village of Green Island, Lying in

Land Lots 83 & 95, 8th District, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia?, dated

December 5, 2008, prepared by Moon, Meeks, Mason & Vinson, Inc., recorded in

Plat Book 161, Folio 317, of the records in the Office of the Clerk of Superior

Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, to which reference is made for a more

complete and accurate description of the property herein conveyed.



This conveyance is hereby made subject to any and all zoning ordinances,

restrictions, easements and restrictive covenants of record or in actual

existence upon the above described property.



The above-described property is being rezoned with the following conditions:



(1) North End, LLC shall follow the schematic master plan dated December

10, 2008 (hereinafter, the ?schematic master plan?), with only those changes

allowed under and approved in accordance with the UDO.



(2) Total square footage of all buildings in the development shall be limited

to 122,000 sq. ft. and no building footprint shall exceed 11,500 sq. ft. as

shown on the schematic master plan with only such changes thereto as are

allowed under and approved in accordance with the UDO.



(3) Only 50% of the space in the development shall be used for retail (in other

words, no more than 61,000 sq. ft. of space can be used for retail).



(4) No business shall be allowed to open for business more than 20 hours a day.



(5) North End, LLC shall have the option to use space not used as retail for

either office or residential purposes.



(6) Any restaurant or retail user shall be allowed up to 20,000 sq. ft. of

space, subject to the building footprint limitation set forth in Condition 2

above. A professional, medical or dental office user shall have no limit on

the maximum amount of space in a single building, but in all other respects

shall satisfy and comply with the conditions in this rezoning.



(7) No building in the development within 150 feet of Green Island Drive

(subject to the buffer to be provided along Green Island Drive as shown on the

schematic master plan) shall exceed 1 and 1/2 stories above ground in height.

No building more than 150 feet from Green Island Drive and south of the

?service area? as shown on the schematic master plan shall exceed 2 stories

above ground in height. No building more than 150 feet from Green Island Drive

and north of the ?service area? as shown on the schematic master plan shall

exceed 4 stories above ground in height.



(8) All square footage shall be based upon heated and cooled space.



(9) North End, LLC shall maintain strict architectural

control to match the existing buildings already located at River Road

and the north side of Mountainbrook Drive.



(10) North End, LLC shall not be required to meet the

buffer required by the UDO on the north or south side of the

development, or the required parking of the UDO, but shall comply

with the schematic master plan which provides additional buffers

on the rear side of the development (along Green Island Drive) and

for more green space than required under the UDO.



(11) The schematic master plan parking and parking required by the UDO may be

reduced with approval by the City Traffic Engineer based on actual use.



(12) Only monument signs shall be allowed at the entrances to the development

on River Road and Mountainbrook Drive. No pole signs or billboards shall be

allowed on or in the development.



(13) No entrance or other vehicular access to the development shall be

permitted along Green Island Drive.



(14) All garbage containers and receptacle facilities shall be screened from

adjacent properties by means of masonry structures or densely planted evergreen

landscaping as approved by the City Arborist. No such containers or facilities

shall be located in any buffer area or otherwise along Green Island Drive.



(15) Garbage pickup shall be done only on Mondays through Fridays and shall not

occur before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.



(16) All development lighting shall be directed internally.



(17) No fence shall be installed around any detention pond or basin.



(18) No bar, restaurant or other business shall be allowed to have dancing or

music, live or amplified, after midnight. No nude dancing, partial or total as

defined in Chapter 3 of the Columbus Code, shall be permitted and no adult

entertainment establishment shall be permitted on the property subject to

rezoning.



(19) North End, LLC and any owner(s) of the office bungalows shall install and

maintain landscaping to screen the office bungalows from residences across

Green Island Drive as specified by the City Arborist.



(20) No traffic study shall be required because the rezoning is a reduction in

the amount of square footage, and retail use is allowed under current zoning.

Applicant agrees to do a traffic impact study after the completion of 25,000

square feet in phase one if the planning department or engineering department

requests a study as authorized in section 7.94 (b) of the UDO.



____________________



Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the

27th day of January, 2009; introduced a second time at a regular meeting of

said Council held on the day of ________, 2009

and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of _________

members of said Council.





Councilor Allen voting _______

Councilor Anthony voting _______

Councilor Baker voting _______

Councilor Barnes voting _______

Councilor Davis voting _______

Councilor Henderson voting _______

Councilor Hunter voting _______

Councilor McDaniel voting _______

Councilor Pugh voting _______

Councilor Woodson voting _______





_______________________ ______________________

Tiny B. Washington Jim Wetherington

Clerk of Council Mayor

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