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-11-13-3414
- Applicant
- Southeast Management/Ricardo Goddard
- Owner
- Southeast Management Company/Lofts at Swift Mill, LLC./Swift Mill Commercial
Park, LLC
- Location
- 1510, 1506, 1426 and 1410 6th Avenue
- Acreage
- 7.942 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial) /UPT (Uptown) with Conditions
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- UPT (Uptown) with Amended Conditions
- Council District
- District 7 (Woodson)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with
existing land uses and consistent with future land uses of the 2028
Comprehensive Plan. The recommended amended conditions are:
Amend by deleting condition #1 that read as follows:
1. The developer shall comply with the site plan for "Swift Mill Redevelopment
Project" drawn by Gullatte Associates, Inc., dated May 17, 2010 and said site
plan is hereby incorporated by reference.
Keeping conditions #2 and #3 as they are written and extending them to all
parcels in this request:
2. The developer shall install and maintain an eight-foot high privacy fence
and adjacent landscaping to include shrubbery as specified by the City Arborist.
3. The developer shall include a noise disclosure statement concerning the
adjacent railyard in each lease or deed to any of the property subject to
rezoning. Said noise disclosure statements shall be filed by the developer or
any owner in the records of the Clerk of the Muscogee County Superior Court
along with any lease or deeds of record related to the property subject to
rezoning. A sample noise disclosure statement is attached to this ordinance.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with
existing land uses and consistent with future land uses of the 2028
Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Department recommends the same conditions as
those recommended by the Planning Advisory Commission plus one additional
condition:
4. The proposed development shall meet the Property Development Regulations for
Mixed-Uses in the Uptown (UPT) zoning district.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A.
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A.
- General Land use
- Consistent
Planning Area D
Land Use Designation:
High Density Mixed Use
- 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
- The area 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 ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)/RMF2 (Residential Multifamily 2)
South ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)/GC (General Commercial)/UPT
(Uptown)
East ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)/GC (General Commercial)
West ? LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)/UPT (Uptown)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land uses.
- School Impact
- School
13-14 Enrollment
Capacity
Available Space
Anticipated Impact on School
Downtown Elementary (PK ? 5)
527
550
23
1
Double Churches Middle School (6 ? 8)
468
650
182
Jordan School (9 ? 12)
723
1200
477
Projection
10 (2) bedroom Units: 10 x 6% = .6 (1) students
The other 57 one bedroom units will have minimum impact on our schools.
- Buffer Requirements
- The Unified Development Ordinance does not address buffering in the UPT zoning
district abutting property LMI zones.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Twenty Two (22) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties were
notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department has not received any
comments in regards to this case.
- Additional Information
- The applicant applied to rezone part of these properties back in 2010 under
case # REZN-4-10-3966 (the original plan is attached). The request was approved
with conditions under ordinance # 10-33. A total of 3 conditions were approved
under their request. They are as follows:
1. The developer shall comply with the site plan for "Swift Mill Redevelopment
Project" drawn by Gullatte Associates, Inc., dated May 17, 2010 and said site
plan is hereby incorporated by reference.
2. The developer shall install and maintain an eight-foot high privacy fence
and adjacent landscaping to include shrubbery as specified by the City Arborist.
3. The developer shall include a noise disclosure statement concerning the
adjacent railyard in each lease or deed to any of the property subject to
rezoning. Said noise disclosure statements shall be filed by the developer or
any owner in the records of the Clerk of the Muscogee County Superior Court
along with any lease or deeds of record related to the property subject to
rezoning. A sample noise disclosure statement is attached to this ordinance.
Due to casualty, part of the mills were burned to the ground which will not
allow them to meet the original plan which was incorporated as a condition, so
the purpose of this application is to amend some of the conditions and include
one parcel which has an LMI zoning classification.
The applicant is asking to amend condition #1 by deleting it.
The Planning Department is recommending adding a new condition to maintain the
consistency of the development as far as setback requirements go.
- Attachments
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