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-12-13-3673
- Applicant
- Richard E. Catrett
- Owner
- Richard E. Catrett/Cline Farm Enterprises, Inc.
- Location
- 8451, 8461 and 8501 Fortson Road
- Acreage
- 40.1 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- RE1 (Residential Estate 1)/ GC (General Commercial) with Conditions
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- GC (General Commercial)
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with existing land
uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with
existing land uses. The Planning Department recommends the following
condition:
1. Driveway access shall be limited to two (2) commercial driveways to Fortson
Road.
2. Billboards shall not be allowed on this property.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A.
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A.
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area A
Land Use Designation:
Light Manufacturing Industrial
- 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
- Property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- This rezoning request does not anticipate generating a negative impact on the
transportation network.
This site shall meet the Codes and regulations of the Columbus Consolidated
Government for commercial usage.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
South ? RE1 (Residential Estate 1)/GC (General Commercial)
East ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)/ RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
West ? RO (Residential Office)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land uses.
- School Impact
- No school impact.
- Buffer Requirements
- The site shall include a Category C buffer along all property lines bordered by
the RE1 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
- Eleven (11) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties were
notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department received one call
from a concerned citizen. His concerns were about the proposed use and the
driveway and deceleration lane required for this properties.
- Additional Information
- Two designated areas of these properties were rezoned to GC in 2004. At the
time, the applicant proposed a public street running from east to west into the
property. From that street, parcels would be subdivided and would have direct
access to that new street, not Fortson Road. Many of the developments in this
area were developed in similar fashion.
Since that time, the applicant has used the property as part of his existing
business, Flat Rock Sand & Gravel. He no longer wishes to subdivide the
properties into smaller lots.
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