Results Summary from May 14th P&Z Hearing
The Monday, May 14, 2018 meeting of the Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission was held in the MBPZ Conference Room, Terminal Station, 200 Cherry Street | Suite 300. The hearing came to order at 1:30 p.m.
Administrative pre-meeting began at noon.
The minutes for the April 23, 2018 hearing and pre-meeting were approved as submitted. (Jones 1st, Patel 2nd)
Deferred from Prior Meetings:
A. 324 Cowan Street: Conditional use to allow multi-message billboard, C-4 District. George Greer/Church Street Developers, LLC., Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
B. 324 Cowan Street: Variance in distance requirements to other billboards and National Register districts to allow a multi-message billboard, C-4 District. George Greer/Church Street Developers, LLC., Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
Rezonings:
1. 4153, 4173, 4179, 4104, 4192, 4194 Cavalier Drive: Proposal to rezone from C-2, General Commercial, and PDI, Planned Development Industrial to R-3 Multi-family Residential District. The purpose of this rezoning is to allow for multi-family apartments. Houston Brown, Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (1st Scott, Patel 2nd) (Commissioner Patel recused from voting)
Conditional Uses:
2. 4153, 4173, 4179, 4104, 4192, 4194 Cavalier Drive: Conditional use to allow multi-family complex, C-2/PDI District [R-3 Pending]. Houston Brown, Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (1st Scott, Patel 2nd) (Commissioner Patel recused from voting)
3. 4641 Fulton Mill Road: Conditional use to allow a solar farm, A-agricultural District. Pete Corbett/SolAmerica Energy, Applicant. Deferred until May 29, 2018, so that the applicant can show some maximum buffer arrangements and landscape plan, and reach out to the surrounding homeowners. (1st Scott, 2nd Patel)
4. 833 Walnut Street: Conditional use to allow a medical office within an existing building, CBD-2 District. Summit Center, P.C., Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (1st Scott, 2nd Patel)
5. 408/420 Martin Luther King Blvd: Conditional use to allow a nightclub/bar, CBD-1 District. 420 MLK LLC dba Late Nite Macon/Wesley Nobles, Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (1st Scott, 2nd Patel)
6. 4295 Interstate Drive: Conditional use to allow revisions to previously approved site plan, PDI District. Harmon Enterprises/Hattaway Investments, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd).
Certificate of Appropriateness:
7. 110 Desoto Place: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of tree removal, HR-1 District. Richard D Miles, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
8. 377 Buford Place: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of fence/gate, storage building, and carport, HR-1 District. Frederick Moody, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
9. 1060 Calhoun Street: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of building an addition, tree removal exterior modifications, HPD-BH District. Ray Richard, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
10. 316 Orange Street: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of a wood fence, HR-3 District. Andy Moore, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
11. 633 Arlington Place: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of a new single-family dwelling, HR-3 District. John Losey, Applicant. Deferred By Staff
12. 740 Mulberry Street: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of façade modification, CBD-1 District. RC Poss Construction, Applicant. Deferred By Staff
Signs:
13. 6291/6293 Rogers Road: Conditional use to allow a changeable copy sign, A-Agricultural District. Rev. Peter Paul, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
14. 6220 Thomaston Road: Conditional use to allow a changeable copy sign, The Sign Store/Mike Lewis, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
Variances:
15. 377 Buford Place: Variance in setback requirements to allow a carport, HR-1 District. Frederick Moody, Applicant. Ratified (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)
16. 6336 Peake Road: Variance in distance requirements for a changeable copy sign, PDE District. The Sign Store/Mike Lewis, Applicant. Approved with staff report conditions. (Scott 1st, Patel 2nd)