Columbus, Georgia
Georgia's First Consolidated Government
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Staff Report
REZN-7-09-2087
- Applicant
- J.Barrington Vaught
- Owner
- Glenwood Cross Country, LLC
- Location
- 3201 Macon Road
- Acreage
- 35.095 acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- Neighborhood Commercial
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- General Commercial
- Council District
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that it is compatible with the future
land-use map of the 2028 Comprehensive Plan. The recommended condition is: The
following uses shall be prohibited: taxidermy, tattoo parlors, transient
lodging, homeless shelters, pawn shops, personal care homes, private kennels,
mobile home sales, and bus stations.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on the fact that it is compatible with the future
land-use map of the 2028 Comprehensive Plan. The recommended condition is the
same as that recommended by the Planning Advisory Commission.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- N/A
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Planning Area D
Land Use Designation: Mixed Use
- Environmental Impacts
- The property does not lie within a floodway and floodplain area. The developer
will need an approved drainage plan prior to issuance of a Site Development
Plan permit, if a permit is required.
- City Services
- Property is served by all city services.
- Traffic Impact
- The proposed project is not expected to have a negative impact on the
transportation network.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? SFR2 (Single Family Residential 2)
South ? GC (General Commercial)
East ? GC (General Commercial)
West ? GC (General Commercial)/ NC(Neighborhood Commercial)/ SFR2 (Single
Family Residential 2)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The proposed zoning is compatible with existing land-uses.
- School Impact
- No Schoop Impact.
- Buffer Requirements
- The proposed development shall have a Category C buffer requirement along all
property lines bordered by the SFR2 zoning districts. The 3 options under
Category C are:
20 feet with a certain amount of canopy trees, understory trees, and shrubs /
ornamental grasses per 100 linear feet
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
- Sixty-nine (69) property owners within 300 fet were notified of the rezoning
request. The Planning Department has recieved 3 phone calls and 6 emails
conerning the rezoning request. Midtown, Incorporated has forwarded 15 emails
concerning the request.
- Additional Information
- Cross Country Plaza was constructed 50 years ago in the county. At the time,
C-2 was a General Commercial designation. After consolidation, C-2 converted
to a Neighborhood Commercial designation and C-3 became the new General
Commercial designation. There were few differences between C-2 and C-3 up
until 2005, when the UDO was adopted. The Planning Department was seeking a
neighborhood commercial designation that was truly neighborhood focused;
therefore C-2 became NC, which has a 5,000 square feet use limit. The new NC
designation created some nonconforming uses, but none as significant as Cross
Country Plaza, which is a regional destination. It now has 18 legal,
nonconforming uses. The owners are now attempting to bring the zoning into
compliance by rezoning it to a GC designation.
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