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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 6890 River Road from SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1) and RO

(Residential-Office) Districts to RO (Residential-Office) 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 from SFR1 (Single Family

Residential 1) and RO (Residential-Office) Districts to RO (Residential-Office)

District:



All that lot, tract or parcel of land lying, situate and being in Land Lot 83,

8th District, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, and being more particularly

described as follows:



Beginning at a concrete monument located at the intersection of the southern

boundary of the right-of-way of Mobley Road (an eighty foot right-of-way) and

the western boundary of River Road (S.R. 219) (a 130 foot right-of-way) and

running thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of the

right-of-way of River Road a distance of 371.90 feet to an iron pin located on

the eastern boundary of the right-of-way of River Road, which iron pin marks

the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; from said point of beginning, run thence South 84

degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds East a distance of 710.32 feet to an iron pin;

running thence South 08 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 589.56

feet to an iron pin; running thence North 84 degrees 35 minutes 16 seconds West

a distance of 641.46 feet to an iron pin; continuing thence North 84 degrees 35

minutes 16 seconds West a distance a distance of 19.78 feet to a point located

on the eastern boundary of the right of way of River Road; running thence in a

northerly direction along the eastern boundary of the right of way of River

Road along an arc of a curve having a radius of 1845.08 feet a chord distance

of 557.03 feet a chord bearing a North 01 degrees 15 minutes 12 seconds East to

a concrete monument located on the eastern boundary of the right-of-way of

River Road; running thence North 10 degrees 00 minutes 03 seconds East along

the eastern boundary of the right-of- way of River Road a distance of 31.23

feet to an iron pin which iron pin marks the true point of beginning.



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



1. There shall be no more than ten (10) buildings permitted on the Property.

2. Said buildings combined shall contain no more than 70,000 square feet of

space, with no building having a building footprint more than 12,000 square

feet in area.

3. Buildings shall be no more than two stories in height. Buildings which

front River Road shall be one story in height and any other buildings shall be

either one story or two stories in height.

4. A landscaped buffer not less than ten (10) feet in width shall be planted

and installed along the northern boundary line of the Property. Said

landscaped buffer shall be densely planted with evergreen plant materials of

sufficient height at installation to screen the planned improvements on the

Property from view from the adjacent property to the north.

5. A landscaped buffer not less than thirty (30) feet in width shall be

planted and installed near the western boundary line of the Property (which is

the common boundary line with River Road). Said landscaped buffer shall be

planted with plant materials of varying heights.

6. In addition to the buffers described above, all buffer and landscaping

ordinances set forth the Unified Development Ordinance in the Code of

Ordinances of Columbus, Georgia shall apply.

7. The exterior of all buildings, all entrance improvements, all signage, and

all walls/fences shall be of high quality brick, stone, stucco, glass, or

wrought iron materials.

8. All development lighting shall be directed internally.

9. All trash receptacle facilities shall be screened from adjacent properties

by means of densely planted

evergreen landscaping.

10. 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.

11. Property shall be served by only one access point from River Road.

12. Developer shall reserve future right-of-way along River Road for the

widening of River Road.

13. No structure shall be constructed within twelve (12) feet of the northern

boundary line of the Property, and no structure shall be constructed within one

hundred-twenty (120) feet of the eastern edge of River Road as said road

presently exists.

14. Monument signage shall be no higher than twelve (12) feet in height as

same is to be measured from the elevation of River Road at the point of entry

to the Property.

15. No storm water detention or drainage facilities shall be located on the

northern three hundred-fifty (350) feet of the Property.

16. The Property is limited to the uses permitted in the Columbus Code of

Ordinances, Appendix A (Unified Development Ordinance), Section 3.1.1, that

are listed below:

a. Office, business and professional (as defined in Section 13, Article 1)

means an establishment providing executive, management, and professional

services to the public, including but not limited to the following: advertising

services, business offices of private companies, business offices of utility

companies, public or nonprofit agencies, trade associations; employment

offices, excluding day labor and labor pool services; professional or

consulting offices for accounting, architecture, computer technology, design,

engineering, landscape architecture, law, urban planning, and similar

professions; property and financial management, real estate; secretarial and

telecommunication services; travel agencies; and related services.

b. Office, medical or dental (as defined in Section 13, Article 1) means an

establishment offering patients medical services, examinations, and treatments,

by professionals trained in healing or health-related practices, including:

chiropodist, chiropractors, dental surgeons, dentists, naturopaths,

optometrists, osteopaths, physicians, psychiatrists, surgeons, or any similar

profession recognized and licensed by the State of Georgia.



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

11th day of December, 2007; introduced a second time at a regular meeting of

said Council held on the day of ____ , 2007 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 _______







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TINY B. WASHINGTON JIM WETHERINGTON

CLERK OF COUNCIL MAYOR

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