Rezoning request meeting for controversial Columbus development is delayed. Here’s why.
A rezoning request for a controversial proposed development will not be voted on at an upcoming Planning Advisory Commission meeting after the developers requested a delay.
Hundreds of Columbus residents who live in neighborhoods affected by a proposed development at 5201 Macon Rd. were anticipating attending a March 20 PAC meeting, resident Gregory Foster told the Ledger-Enquirer.
The developers asked for their March 20 PAC meeting date to be delayed until the Development of Regional Impact (DRI) report is concluded, Columbus planning director Will Johnson told the Ledger-Enquirer.
Developers faced almost 300 residents at a Feb. 29 public meeting, where participants vowed to oppose the development because of concerns about traffic and the large number of planned rental units.
The 115.6 acre development would build 670 housing units including an apartment complex, senior apartment building, town houses, single family homes and a “neighborhood commercial center.”
Proterra Development, based in metro Atlanta, applied to rezone the area from single family residential to planned unit development (PUD), which allows for ‘community-serving commercial development.’
The full DRI report has not been submitted yet, Johnson said, so there is no timeline on when the PAC meeting for this rezoning request will be rescheduled.
“Right now the case is tabled pending the results of the DRI,” he said. “Or whenever (the applicant) wants to resume.”
