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 5-10-4197
- Applicant
- Ed Jenkins
- Owner
- Jeff McCrary
- Location
- 4423 Cusseta Road
- Acreage
- 0.339 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- RMF 2 (Residential Multi Family 2)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- Council District
- District 3 (Hunter)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the proposed use is compatible with existing
uses in the area.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that the proposed use is compatible with
existing uses in the area. The recommended conditions are as follows:
Future construction on the subject property shall be National Pollutant
Discharge and Elimination System compliant.
Noise and Smoke disclosure statements shall be included in real estate
documents pertaining to the property.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- Fort Benning concurs with the rezoning request. The recommendation is smoke and
noise disclosure statements shall be included in all real estate documents.
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Planning Area C
Land Use Designation:
Single Family Residential
- 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 proposed project is not expected to have a negative impact on the
transportation network.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? I-185
South ? RMF2 (Residential Multi Family 2)
East ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
West ? I-185
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is not consistent with the future land use map of the comprehensive
plan however, the proposed use is compatible with existing land uses in the
area.
- School Impact
- There will be no school impact.
- Buffer Requirements
- The proposed development shall have a Category C buffer requirement along all
property lines bordered by the RMF2 zoning districts. The 3 options under
Category C are:
1) 20 feet with a certain amount of canopy trees, understory 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
- Thirteen (13) property owners were notified of the request. The Planning
Department has not received any phone calls in opposition.
- Additional Information
- The applicant is proposing to lease the building on the subject property for
business office space. The property was originally zoned NC. In the early part
of this decade, at the request of Council, the properties along the west side
of Cusseta Road were rezoned from a commercial designation to a single family
or multi-family designation (depending on the land-use). This property was
included in said rezoning.
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