12/27/2018
            
                Honorable Mayor and Councilors
                City Manager                  
                City Attorney                 
                Clerk of Council
            
            Subject: (EXCP-10-18-1893) Special Exception Use request to allow for Auto/Truck sales,  
  
 new and used in excess of one-half (0.5) acre but less than two (2) acres  
  
 located at 4929 15th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31904.
            
            Used Auto Sales 
  
 Jimmy McClellan has submitted an application for the Special Exception Use  
  
 cited above.  The property is located in a GC (General Commercial) zoning  
  
 district.  The site for the proposed Auto/Truck sales, new and used in excess  
  
 of one-half (.5) acre but less than two (2) acres located at 4929 15th Avenue.   
  
 The purpose of the Special Exception Use is to allow for the operation of a  
  
 Auto/Truck sales, new and used in excess of one-half (.5) acre but less than  
  
 two (2) acres located within the GC (General Commercial) zoning district:
            
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                    Access. - Is or will the type of street providing access to the use be adequate to serve the proposed special exception use?
                    
                        15th Avenue is a local road.  It will provide adequate free flow movement.   
  
 This use will be a primary use for 4929 15th Avenue.
                    
                 
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                    Traffic and Pedestrian Safety. -  Is or will access into and out of the property be adequate to provide for traffic and pedestrian safety, the anticipated volume of traffic flow, and access by emergency vehicles?
                    
                        Access into and out of the property in question will provide for adequate  
  
 traffic and pedestrian safety and emergency access.    
                    
                 
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                    Adequacy of Public Facilities. -  Are or will public facilities such as schools, water or sewer utilities, and police or fire protection be adequate to serve the special exception use?
                    
                        Services such as water, sewer, utilities, police, and fire protection are  
  
 adequate.
                    
                 
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                    Protection from Adverse Affects. -  Are or will refuse, service, parking and loading areas on the property be located or screened to protect other properties in the area from such adverse effects as noise, light, glare or odor?
                    
                        The properties are surrounded by other GC uses.  Parking service and refuse  
  
 should be adequate and provided as stated within the UDO.  Noise, light, glare  
  
 and odor should be limited due to the nature of the location.
                    
                 
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                    Hours of Operation. -  Will the hours and manner of operation of the special exception use have no adverse effects on other properties in the area?
                    
                        The hours of operation for this use will not have an adverse impact on the  
  
 neighboring properties in the area.
                    
                 
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                    Compatibility. -  Will the height, size or location of the buildings or structures on the property be compatible with the height, size, character or location of buildings or other structures on neighboring properties?
                    
                        This structures height, size and location should match the uses found in other  
  
 GC (General Commercial) properties.  
                    
                 
            
            Council District: District 8 (Garrett) 
  
 Forty-One (41) property owners within 300 feet of the property have been  
  
 notified by mail of the proposed Special Exception Use. The Planning Department  
  
 has received one (1) comments supporting or opposing this request. 
  
 Attachments:	Aerial Land Use Map 
  
 	Location Map 
  
 	Zoning Map 
  
 	Existing Land Use Map 
  
 	Future Land Use Map 
  
 	Traffic Report