Columbus, Georgia
Georgia's First Consolidated Government
Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
fax (706) 653-4016
Website: www.columbusga.gov/planning
Staff Report
REZN-4-11-1711
- Applicant
- William C. Pound
- Owner
- St. Francis Hospital
- Location
- 4205, 4211,4217, 4223, 4303, 4311, 4317 and 4325 St. Francis Avenue
- Acreage
- 2.708 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3) / RMF1 (Residential Multi-Family 1)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- RO (Residential-Office)
- Council District
- District 8 (McDaniel)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the request is consistent with the future land
use map of the Comprehensive Plan of Columbus and it is compatible with
existing land uses in the vicinity.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that it is compatible with existing land uses. The
request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of Columbus, which indicates
the property has a Office/Professional land use designation.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Consistent
Planning Area D
Land Use Designation:
Office/ Professional
- Environmental Impacts
- The property does not lie within a floodway and floodplain area. The developer
will need an approved drainage plan prior to issuance of a Site Development
Plan permit, if a permit is required.
- City Services
- Property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- The Traffic Engineering Division reviewed a traffic impact study requested by
the Planning and Engineering Departments to assist in determining the affect
new development on the St. Francis Hospital Campus would have on traffic for
the surrounding area. The traffic impact study indicated that the surrounding
streets, intersections and proposed driveways would not cause any level of
service to exceed ?C? therefore the Traffic Engineering Division concluded the
two new commercial driveways would satisfy the City?s requirements.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? RO (Residential-Office)
South ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
East ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3) / GC (General Commercial)
West ? RO (Residential-Office)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is consistent with the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive
Plan of Columbus. Furthermore the request is compatible with existing land uses
in the immediate vicinity of the St. Francis Hospital Campus.
- School Impact
- There will be no impact on neighboring schools.
- Buffer Requirements
- The proposed development shall have a Category C buffer requirement along all
property lines bordered by the SFR3 zoning districts. The 3 options under
Category C are:
1) 20 feet with a certain amount of canopy trees, under story trees, and shrubs
/ ornamental grasses per 100 linear feet
2) 10 feet with a certain amount of shrubs / ornamental grasses per 100 linear
feet and a wood fence or masonry wall
3) 30 feet undisturbed natural buffer.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Fifty-eight (58) Property owners within 600 feet were notified of the rezoning
request. The Planning Department has received three inquiries concerning the
rezoning request.
- Additional Information
- The applicant is proposing to rezone property from SFR3 (Single Family
Residential 3) and RMF1 (Residential Multi Family 1) to RO (Residential Office)
district. The applicant is proposing an expansion of parking area to
accommodate for 114,000 square feet of new development the on St. Francis
Campus to include a Medical Office Building and Clinical Services Building. As
indicated on the site plan this portion of the property would have one of two
proposed commercial driveways having ingress/egress from St. Francis Hospital
Campus to St. Francis Avenue.
- Attachments
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