Columbus, Georgia

Georgia's First Consolidated Government

Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
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Website: www.columbusga.gov/planning

Staff Report
REZN-4-11-1710

Applicant
William C. Pound
Owner
St. Francis Hospital
Location
4131, 4137, 4143, 4149, 4153, and 4201 St. Francis Avenue (now part of 2122

Manchester Expressway)
Acreage
12.091 acres
Current Zoning Classification
RO (Residential-Office) with conditions
Proposed Zoning Classification
RO (Residential-Office) with amended conditions
Council District
District 8 (McDaniel)
PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Approval to delete condition #2 of Ordinance 02-47 to permit commercial

driveway access to St. Francis Avenue.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Approval to delete condition #2 of Ordinance 02-47 to permit commercial

driveway access to St. Francis Avenue.
Fort Benning's Recommendation
N/A
DRI Recommendation
N/A
General Land use
Consistent

Planning Area D

Land Use Designation: Mixed Use
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 Department 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 ? RO (Residential-Office) / SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)

East ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)

West ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
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. Furthermore a

traffic impact study was submitted concerning the affect site development would

have on the surrounding intersections and roads. The traffic impact study

satisfies the City?s requirements even with the two new commercial driveways

into St. Francis Avenue.
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 this

rezoning.
Additional Information
In February of 2000 City Council conditionally approved the rezoning of 0.76

acres at the north corner of Woodruff Road and St. Francis Avenue from R2 (Low

Density Residential) to AO (Apartment Office) for expansion of parking space.

Please reference the attached ordinance #00-21 for further details of the

rezoning.



In June of 2002 City Council conditionally approved the rezoning of 1.67 acres

of the subject property from R2 (Low Density Residential) to AO (Apartment

Office) for further expansion of parking space. The above-described property

was rezoned with the following conditions: 1.) All lighting shall be directed

internally using deflectors. 2.) No access shall be permitted onto St. Francis

Avenue.



Please note that since adopting the Unified Development Ordinance in 2005, R2

(Low Density Residential) is now classified as SFR3 (Single Family Residential

3).

AO (Apartment Office) is now classified as RO (Residential Office).



The applicant is proposing to have condition #2 deleted from ordinance 02-47.

Please reference the site plan for exact location of the property. By deleting

condition #2, the applicant would be permitted to have access to St. Francis

Avenue.



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.
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