The Columbus Consolidated Government
Planning Department
Post Office Box 1340 Columbus, Georgia 31902-1340
Telephone (706) 653-4116
Fax (706) 653-4120
Website: www.columbusga.com/mpo
05/02/2008
Honorable Mayor and Councilors
City Manager
City Attorney
Clerk of Council
Subject: (ZC0802-7) Request to amend the text of the Unified Development
Ordinance (UDO) to amend two minor issues related to Day Care Centers, Types I,
II, and III and Dwellings and one major issue related to Personal Services,
Health and Fitness Facilities, and Wedding Chapels.
Minor Change ? Day Care Center, Types I, II, & III: The Planning Department has
identified corrections that need to be made to Table 3.1.1 regarding the three
types of day care center. The recommended changes are as follows (lettering in
red is the correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1 R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Day Care, Type I P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P *
Day Care, Type II SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P P P P P P P P *
Day Care, Type III SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P P P P P P P P *
A change also needs to be made regarding the additional standards for Section
3.2.25 Day Care Centers, Type III. The word Maximum in Subsection 3.2.25.A
needs to be changed to Minimum and the reference to a Special Exception Use
(3.2.25.D) requirement needs to be moved under another subsection within the
section:
Section 3.2.25 Day Care Centers, Type III
A Type III day care center shall comply with the standards listed below:
A. Minimum (formerly Maximum) Number of Clients. Day care shall be provided
for more than 18 clients.
C. Principal Use.
Residential Zoning Districts.
(D) A Type III facility shall only be established as a special exception use.
D. Reserved. (Moved under C.)
Minor Change ? Types of Dwelling units: The Planning Department has identified
corrections that need to be made to Table 3.1.1 regarding certain types of
Dwelling units. The recommended changes are as follows (lettering in red is the
correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Dwelling, Condo-minimium P P P P P P
Dwelling, Multi-Family P P P P P *
Dwelling, Single Family, Detached P P P P P P P P P P
Dwelling, Second Floor P P P
Dwelling, Townhouse P P P
Major Change: The Planning Department has been working on streamlining some
uses and their definitions to decrease confusion regarding Health and Fitness
Facilities; Personal Services; and Schools, Non-academic. In 2007, the use of
Schools, Non-academic, and its definition, were updated at the request of a
citizen applicant. The Planning Department is following up on that citizens?
application and attempting to streamline other uses that closely related to the
former. The use Wedding Chapel is being pulled as a Personal Service and is
being requested as a stand-alone use. These changes should create clarity and
should also eliminate some crossover of these uses. The recommended changes to
Table 3.1.1 are as follows (lettering in red is the correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1 R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Health and fitness facility P P P P P P P
Wedding chapel P P P
Personal services P P P P P P
Section 13.1.1 Definitions
X = Portions to be deleted
X = Portions to be added
Health and fitness facility means an enclosed facility or spa providing
equipment, classes, instruction, and similar assistance for conducting a
variety of activities designed to improve health and physical fitness,
including but not limited to aerobic exercises and dancing, handball,
racquetball, running, squash, weight lifting, swimming, weight reduction, and
similar activities. Accessory uses, limited to patrons of the center, include
babysitting, food and beverage service, and serving of alcoholic beverages.
Fitness centers include dance instruction, and karate and similar types of
self-defense training.
Wedding Chapel means an establishment that primarily provides the facilities
and services for weddings on a commercial basis.
Personal services means an establishment providing services of a personal
nature that are necessary on a frequent or recurring basis. Personal services
may include the accessory retail sale of items related to service rendered.
Personal services typically include beauty and barbershops; clerical services;
dog grooming; driving and flying schools; garment repair; informational,
instructional, personal improvement, or services of a similar nature, typified
by art and music schools; fortune telling and similar psychic services;
investigative services; laundries, coin-operated; laundries and dry cleaning
drop-off and pick-up stations; licensed massage therapists; limited repair
services; manicurists; photography studios; physical fitness centers and spas;
shoe repair and shoeshine parlors; tattoo parlors; tailoring; tanning salons;
and wedding chapels.
The Planning Advisory Commission considered this text amendment at their
meeting on March 19, 2008. The Planning Advisory Commission recommended that
the two Minor Changes be approved and that the Major Change be approved with
one correction:
Health & Fitness Centers shall not be permitted in an RO zoning district.
The Planning Department recommends approval as submitted.
Attached is a copy of the Planning Department?s Staff Report.
Sincerely,
Rick Jones, AICP
Director of Columbus Metropolitan Planning Organization
STAFF REPORT
ZC0802-7
APPLICATION
The Planning Department requests to amend the text of the Unified Development
Ordinance (UDO) to amend two minor issues related to Day Care Centers, Types I,
II, and III and Dwellings and one major issue related to Personal Services,
Health and Fitness Facilities, and Wedding Chapels.
PROPOSED TEXT AMMENDMENT
Minor Change ? Day Care Center, Types I, II, & III: The Planning Department has
identified corrections that need to be made to Table 3.1.1 regarding the three
types of day care center. The recommended changes are as follows (lettering in
red is the correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1 R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Day Care, Type I P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P *
Day Care, Type II SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P P P P P P P P*
Day Care, Type III SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE P P P P P P P P P P *
A change also needs to be made regarding the additional standards for Section
3.2.25 Day Care Centers, Type III. The word Maximum in Subsection 3.2.25.A
needs to be changed to Minimum and the reference to a Special Exception Use
(3.2.25.D) requirement needs to be moved under another subsection within the
section:
Section 3.2.25 Day Care Centers, Type III
A Type III day care center shall comply with the standards listed below:
A. Minimum (formerly Maximum) Number of Clients. Day care shall be provided
for more than 18 clients.
C. Principal Use.
Residential Zoning Districts.
(D) A Type III facility shall only be established as a special exception use.
D. Reserved. (Moved under C.)
Minor Change ? Types of Dwelling units: The Planning Department has identified
corrections that need to be made to Table 3.1.1 regarding certain types of
Dwelling units. The recommended changes are as follows (lettering in red is the
correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1 R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Dwelling, Condo-minimium P P P P P P
Dwelling, Multi-Family P P P P P *
Dwelling, Single Family, Detached P P P P P P P P P P
Dwelling, Second Floor P P P
Dwelling, Townhouse P P P
Major Change: The Planning Department has been working on streamlining some
uses and their definitions to decrease confusion regarding Health and Fitness
Facilities; Personal Services; and Schools, Non-academic. In 2007, the use of
Schools, Non-academic, and its definition, were updated at the request of a
citizen applicant. The Planning Department is following up on that citizens?
application and attempting to streamline other uses that closely related to the
former. The use Wedding Chapel is being pulled as a Personal Service and is
being requested as a stand-alone use. These changes should create clarity and
should also eliminate some crossover of these uses. The recommended changes to
Table 3.1.1 are as follows (lettering in red is the correction):
Use H
I
S
T R
E
10 R
E
5 R
E
1 R
T S
F
R
1 S
F
R
2 S
F
R
3 S
F
R
4 R
M
F
1 R
M
F
2 M
H
P U
P
T C
R
D N
C R
O C
O G
C S
A
C L
M
I H
M
I T
E
C
H N
O
T
E
S
Health and fitness facility P P P P P P P
Wedding chapel P P P
Personal services P P P P P P
Section 13.1.1 Definitions
X = Portions to be deleted
X = Portions to be added
Health and fitness facility means an enclosed facility or spa providing
equipment, classes, instruction, and similar assistance for conducting a
variety of activities designed to improve health and physical fitness,
including but not limited to aerobic exercises and dancing, handball,
racquetball, running, squash, weight lifting, swimming, weight reduction, and
similar activities. Accessory uses, limited to patrons of the center, include
babysitting, food and beverage service, and serving of alcoholic beverages.
Fitness centers include dance instruction, and karate and similar types of
self-defense training.
Wedding Chapel means an establishment that primarily provides the facilities
and services for weddings on a commercial basis.
Personal services means an establishment providing services of a personal
nature that are necessary on a frequent or recurring basis. Personal services
may include the accessory retail sale of items related to service rendered.
Personal services typically include beauty and barbershops; clerical services;
dog grooming; driving and flying schools; garment repair; informational,
instructional, personal improvement, or services of a similar nature, typified
by art and music schools; fortune telling and similar psychic services;
investigative services; laundries, coin-operated; laundries and dry cleaning
drop-off and pick-up stations; licensed massage therapists; limited repair
services; manicurists; photography studios; physical fitness centers and spas;
shoe repair and shoeshine parlors; tattoo parlors; tailoring; tanning salons;
and wedding chapels.
PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Advisory Commission considered this text amendment at their
meeting on March 19, 2008. The Planning Advisory Commission recommended that
the two Minor Changes be approved and that the Major Change be approved with
one correction:
Health & Fitness Centers shall not be permitted in an RO zoning district.
PLANNING DIVISION RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Department recommends approval as submitted.
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