Columbus, Georgia
Georgia's First Consolidated Government
Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
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Website: www.columbusga.gov/planning
Staff Report
REZN-8-14-1721
- Applicant
- Garrard Development Group, LLC / George W. Mize, Jr.
- Owner
- Richard Davis
- Location
- 906 Amber Drive
- Acreage
- 0.98 acre
- Current Zoning Classification
- NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- GC (General Commercial)
- Council District
- 4 (Pugh)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with existing land
uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional approval based on the fact that the request is compatible with
existing land uses. The recommended condition is: smoke and noise disclosure
statements shall be included in any real estate documents.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- Conditional approval
- DRI Recommendation
- N/A
- General Land use
- Inconsistent
Planning Area E
Land Use Designation:
Neighborhood 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.
- Surrounding Zoning
- North ? NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
South ? SFR2 (Single Family Residential 2) / SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
East ? SFR3 (Single Family Residential 3)
West ? NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- 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 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
- Forty-eight (48) 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 applicant is seeking rezoning in an effort to construct an 8,200+ retail
store. Per Section 2.3.4., of the UDO, the maximum size for commercial, retail
and office uses in an NC zoning district is 5,000 square feet. Therefore, the
rezoning is necessary to construct a single-user building of that size.
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