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-06-15-1276
- Applicant
- Ben Billings
- Owner
- Ben Billings
- Location
- At the corner of Billings Road and Warm Springs Road
- Acreage
- 8.62 Acre
- Current Zoning Classification
- NC (Neighborhood Commercial)
- Proposed Zoning Classification
- SFR4 (Single Family Residential 4) with a variance from the 30 foot rear
setback and 35% lot coverage to be a 20 foot rear setback and 45% lot coverage
variance.
- Council District
- District 6 (Allen)
- PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
- Approval based on the staff report and compatibility with existing land uses.
- PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
- Conditional Approval based on compatibility with existing land uses.
Conditions are: 1) the rear setback lines shall be reduced from thirty (30)
feet to twenty (20) feet, and 2) the thirty-five (35%) percent lot coverage
requirement shall be increased to forty-five (45%) percent.
- Fort Benning's Recommendation
- eN/A
- DRI Recommendation
- eN/A
- General Land use
- Consistent
Planning Area B, Land Use Designation is Single 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 ? SFR1 (General Commercial)
South ? SFR4 (Single Family Residential 4)
East ? SFR4 (Single Family Residential 4)
West ? GC (General Commercial)
- Reasonableness of Request
- The request is compatible with existing land-uses.
- School Impact
- N/A
- Buffer Requirements
- The site shall include a Category A buffer along all property lines bordered by
the GC zoning districts. The 3 options under Category A are:
1) 5 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) 20 feet undisturbed natural buffer.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Thirty Nine (39) property owners within 300 feet of the subject properties were
notified of the rezoning request. The Planning Department received one comment
regarding this rezoning request.
- Additional Information
- No additional information.
- Attachments
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