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 6-11-2428
- Applicant
- Grey Rock Development
- Owner
- Same
- Location
- 9220, 9226, 9232, 9238, 9244, 9248, 9254, and 9258 Granite Field Court
- Acreage
- 2.6 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- SFR2 (Single Family Residential 2) w/ conditions
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- SFR2 (Single Family Residential 2) w/ an amended condition (#2.d of Ordinance
05-29)
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval to amend Condition #2.d of Ordinance 05-29 to reduce the buffer
requirement for 9220, 9226, & 9258 Granite Field Court from 50 feet to 40 feet
and to reduce the buffer requirement for 9232-9254 Granite Field Court from 50
feet to 30 feet.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Approval to amend Condition #2.d of Ordinance 05-29 to reduce the buffer
requirement for 9220, 9226, & 9258 Granite Field Court from 50 feet to 40 feet
and to reduce the buffer requirement for 9232-9254 Granite Field Court from 50
feet to 30 feet.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Consistent
Planning Area A
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 will not have a negative impact on the transportation
network.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? GC (General Commercial)
South ? RMF1 (Residential Multi-Family 1)
East ? RMF1 (Residential Multi-Family 1)
West ? GC (General Commercial)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land uses.
- School Impact
- No school impact.
- Buffer Requirements
- The buffer requirement is listed under Condition #2.d and reads as follows:
West line of Veterans Parkway: A 50 feet wide strip of land entirely within the
Grey Rock property and along the common boundary of the Grey Rock Property and
the west right-of-way line of Veterans Parkway, planted with evergreens (such
as Burford and Carissa Holly) and other trees and plant materials as included
on Exhibit "C" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Clear cutting of this
Buffer shall be prohibited at any time after the initial landscaping is planted
and installed, it being the intent and agreement of the parties hereto that the
only trees or other plant materials that may be cut down or removed after such
initial landscaping are dead or diseased trees and other plant materials.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Ten (10) property owners within 300 feet were notified of the rezoning
request. The Planning Department received two inquiries regarding the request.
- Additional Information
- The applicant has requested to reduce the buffer to allow for larger back yards
on the affected lots.
Condition #2.d, as well as all of the other conditions placed on the property,
were self-imposed by the development company. They were not conditions imposed
by Council. This condition requires a planted buffer, not an undisturbed
buffer.
- Attachments
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