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-08-17-1685
- Applicant
- Danny Holley, Jr. & Manukumar Patel
- Owner
- Ora E. Powell
- Location
- 8541 Veterans Parkway (079-001-019)
- Acreage
- 3.45 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- GC (General Commercial)
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Denial based on the staff report and compatibility with existing land-uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Denial based on the fact it is incompatible with existing land-uses and it
abuts single family residential housing.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area A
Future Land Use: Mixed-Use
- Environmental Impacts
- The property does not lie within the floodway and floodplain area. The
developer will need an approved drainage plan prior to issuance of a Site
Development permit, if a permit is required.
- City Services
- The property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- Traffic will increase by 613 Annual Average Daily Trips (AADT). Once the
Veteran?s Parkway widening project is completed, this roadway will function
with a Level of Service (LOS) of B.
This site shall meet the Codes and regulations of the Columbus Consolidated
Government for commercial usage.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
South ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
East ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1) & NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
West ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
- Reasonableness of Request
- It is within 2,000 feet of a similar use and the GC (General Commercial) zoning
classification.
- School Impact
- N/A
- Buffer Requirements
- The site shall include a Category C buffer along all property lines bordered by
the SFR1 and RE1 zoning district. 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
- Thirty four (34) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties were
notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department received no calls and
emails regarding the rezoning.
- Additional Information
- A development of this nature would need to be on a level lot. The topography
on this parcel should require a considerable amount of site work with movement
of soils around the site. The easterly portion is lower in elevation then the
westerly portion. Four parcels abut the parcel in question off Galena Road.
These parcels may need a retaining wall to hold up their property during and
after the site development phase. This parcel lies within the Veterans Parkway
Overlay District.
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