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-9-11-2954
- Applicant
- Woodruff Company
- Owner
- Calvin Koonce
- Location
- Northwest corner of Veterans Parkway & Williams Road/ East side of Veterans
Parkway, North of Moon Road
- Acreage
- 280.4 total acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- PMUD (Planned Mixed-Use Development) with conditions
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- PMUD (Planned Mixed-Use Development) with additional conditions
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional approval. The recommended conditions are attached.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional approval. The recommended conditions are attached.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- Completed in 2010.
- General Land use
- Planning Area A
Land Use Designation: Mixed Office / High Density Residential
- Environmental Impacts
- The developer will need an approved drainage plan prior to issuance of a Site
Development permit.
- City Services
- Property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- A traffic impact study has been completed for the project. The developer will
be required by the Traffic Engineering Department to make improvements in
relation to the subject property needed for a level of service ?C?. Veterans
Parkway improvements and development phasing were addressed as conditions in
Ordinance 10-51.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? HMI (Heavy Manufacturing Industrial) / RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
South ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial) / GC (General Commercial) / RMF1
(Residential Multi-Family 1)
East ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1) / RE1 (Residential Estate 1) / GC
(General Commercial) / RO (Residential-Office)
West ? RE1 (Residential Estate 1) / LMI (Light Manufacturing / Industrial) / RO
(Residential-Office)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The proposed zoning classification is compatible with existing land uses.
- School Impact
- No school impact.
- Buffer Requirements
- The proposed development shall meet the
buffer requirements for Master Planned
Developments as defined in the UDO.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Seventy (70) property owners within 300 feet were notified of the rezoning
request. The Planning Department received one inquiry about the rezoning
request.
- Additional Information
- In February of 2006 the City Council conditionally approved a PUD for the
subject property. The property encompassed approximately 257.50 acres. The
project consisted of 300,000 square-foot of commercial use, 279 multi-family
units and 222 single-family units.
In August of 2007 the City Council conditionally approved 3.95 acres of
property in addition to the original PUD project for this property. This
property is located at 8101 and 8103 Veterans Parkway.
The 2010 rezoning request was for a 3-phased PMUD to include a neighborhood
commercial center, restaurants hotels, offices, 432 multi family units, 100
town homes and 615 single-family residential units. There were approximately 17
acres added which serves as a general commercial site located across from the
original planned unit development.
- Attachments
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