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-7-14-1607
- Applicant
- Trey Carmack
- Owner
- Graber Gibson
- Location
- 511 Illges Road
- Acreage
- 0.35
- Current Zoning Classification
- LMI (light Manufacturing / Industrial)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- GC (General Commercial)
- Council District
- 3 (Huff)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with existing land
uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with existing land
uses.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area D
Land Use Designation:
Multi-family Residential
- 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
- This rezoning request does not anticipate generating a negative impact on the
transportation network.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? LMI (Light Manufacturing / Industrial)
South ? LMI (Light Manufacturing / Industrial)
East ? LMI (Light Manufacturing / Industrial)
West ? RMF2 (Residential Multifamily 2)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land-uses.
- School Impact
- N/A
- Buffer Requirements
- The site shall include a Category C buffer along all property lines bordered by
the RMF2 and LMI 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 did not receive any
comments regarding this rezoning request.
- Additional Information
- The purpose of this rezoning request is to bring the existing site into
conforming status. The existing barber shop/commercial suites are legal
nonconforming uses. LMI is an industrial zoning and does not allow most
commercial activities.
An existing legal nonconforming use prevents the business owner from
refinancing or borrowing against the business; it prevents the property owner
from replacing the existing store/pumps with a new store/pumps; and it prevents
the business owner from rebuilding if the business is destroyed by a natural
disaster.
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