Columbus, Georgia
Georgia's First Consolidated Government
Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
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Website: www.columbusga.gov/planning
Staff Report
REZN 5-10-4247
- 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
- SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1) / GC (General Commercial)/ PUD (Planned Unit
Development)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- PMUD (Planned Mixed Use Development)
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based upon the fact that it is consistent with the future land use map
of the Comprehensive Plan and compatible with existing land-uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based upon the fact that it is consistent with the future
land use map of the Comprehensive Plan and compatible with existing land-uses.
The recommended conditions are:
Phase 1, as shown on the attached Koonce Place site plan shall be limited to
eighty (80) percent of development up to 5 years from the date of this
ordinance (October ___, 2015). Specifically, the eighty (80) percent shall
apply to commercial and residential development. Therefore, per the
aforementioned site plan, commercial development shall be limited to 341,000
square feet and residential development (to include multi-family housing),
shall be limited to 394 units.
Simultaneously, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is proposing
the widening of Veterans Parkway to four lanes with a median. Should the
widening of said road project be bid out and awarded for construction by the
aforementioned deadline date of October ___, 2015, then the developer/property
owner shall be permitted to move forward with the final twenty (20) percent of
commercial and residential development for Phase 1 as well as future Phases 2
and 3.
If the Georgia Department of Transportation has not bid out and awarded for
construction said road project prior to the aforementioned date of October ___,
2015, then the developer/property owner of the subject property shall be
required to meet with the Columbus Consolidated Government's Planning
Department to review the potential impact the remaining development project may
have on the adjoining roadways and surrounding property owners. Both the
Planning Department and the developer shall be required to come to a consensus
during this meeting on the action or steps that need to occur before the
project may resume. Should either the Planning Department or the developer
fail to agree on this action or steps, the matter shall be required to go back
to the Council for further action, which may require the project to be subject
to the zoning procedures section of Unified Development Ordinance. No
additional site development or building permits shall be allowed until this
condition has been met.
The developer shall be responsible for any and all transportation improvements
that are located on or directly connect the property to Veterans Parkway and
Williams Road.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- None.
- DRI Recommendation
- The River Valley Regional Commission has reviewed the project and has found
that the proposed action is in the best interest of the region and therefore of
the state.
- 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, if a permit is required.
- City Services
- Property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- This site shall meet the codes and regulations of the Columbus Consolidated
Government for commercial and residential usage. The Traffic Engineering
Department shall require the project to adhere to the recommendations of the
Traffic Impact Study concerning egress and ingress to the subject property.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? HMI (Heavy Manufacturing Industrial)/ RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
South ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial) GC (General Commercial)
East ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)/ RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
West ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1
- Reasonableness of Request
- The proposed zoning classification is compatible with existing land uses.
- School Impact
- Elementary age students would attend North Columbus Elementary (PK-5), which
has 676 students (capacity: 675). Middle School age students would attend
Veterans Memorial Middle School (6-8), which has 706 students (capacity: 650).
High school age students would attend Northside High School, which has 1,582
students (capacity: 1,573).
- Buffer Requirements
- The proposed development shall meet the
buffer requirements for Master Planned
Developments as defined in the UDO.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Thirty-three (33) property owners within 300 feet were notified of the rezoning
request. The Planning Department received two inquiries 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 current rezoning request is 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 are approximately 17
acres that will be an addition to the project, which will serve as a general
commercial site located across from the original planned unit development.
- Attachments
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