Columbus, Georgia
Georgia's First Consolidated Government
Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
fax (706) 653-4016
Website: www.columbusga.gov/planning
Staff Report
REZN-12-14-2623
- Applicant
- Stephen Coleman
- Owner
- SDB Properties, LLC
- Location
- 8223 Cooper Creek Road
- Acreage
- 0.36 acre
- Current Zoning Classification
- NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- RO (Residential-Office)
- Council District
- District 6 (Allen)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact it is compatible with existing land-uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact it is compatible with existing land-uses.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area A
Land Use Designation: General Commercial
- Environmental Impacts
- The properties do 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
- This rezoning request does not anticipate generating a negative impact on the
transportation network. A.M. peak traffic could rise due to the new road
construction on Veterans Parkway.
This site shall meet the codes and regulations of the Columbus Consolidated
Government for commercial usage.
Since this analysis was conducted, Traffic Engineering as field recorded actual
peak time turns to the north and south.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? NC (Neighborhood Commercial/ GC (General Commercial)
South ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
East ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1/ GC (General Commercial)
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 SFR1 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 of undisturbed natural buffer.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Ten (10) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties were
notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department received one
comments regarding this rezoning request.
- Additional Information
- The purpose of this rezoning request is to provide a secondary entrance for the
Crossings to alleviate peak A.M. traffic turning left onto Veterans Parkway.
The new configuration of Veterans Parkway will call for a concrete median and
will require residents of the Crossings to turn right and weave through traffic
to queue in the left turning lane at Veterans Parkway and Old Guard RD/Cooper
Creek RD intersection to turn south on Veterans Parkway.
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