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-12-16-2594
- Applicant
- George W. Mize Jr.
- Owner
- Judy L. Wilkinson
- Location
- 6002 Veterans Parkway, Parcel 189-006-006
- Acreage
- 0.42 Acre
- Current Zoning Classification
- NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- GC (General Commercial)
- Council District
- District 2 (Davis)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the staff report and compatibility with existing land uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional approval based on compatibility with existing land uses.
Conditions are ?
The developer must install a 10? landscape buffer with an 8? wooden fence along
the eastern property line. This will replace the required buffer as stated in
section 4.2.5. The required buffer in section 4.2.5 would be a 5? landscape
buffer or a masonry wall.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area A
- 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
- Properties are served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- Traffic volumes on Veterans Parkway have an AADT of 27,900. Projected AADT for
the site is 106 trips. The level of service is expected to stay at a LOS of D.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? NC (Neighborhood Commercial) and GC (General Commercial)
South ? NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
East ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
West ? GC (General Commercial)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land-uses. This use conforms with the
current uses within the commercial node.
- School Impact
- N/A
- Buffer Requirements
- The site shall include a Category C buffer along all property lines bordered by
the SFR3 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
- Thirty three (33) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties
were notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department received one
call and no emails regarding the rezoning.
- Additional Information
- The adjacent parcel owner to the North is in opposition to the rezoning. He
was notified through all three normal procedures. However, he had not updated
his address with the Tax Assessor and did not receive the letter in time to
attend the PAC. We double checked his address and have updated the information
with the Tax Assessor. He has been sent a letter at the corrected address for
notification of the meeting time and place.
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