Votes on Land Use Issues
|
AGGC position |
Logan (I,I) |
Moratorium on Rezoning - Motion to enact a temporary moratorium
on rezonings. The moratorium was suggested by Ken Jordan to curb inappropriate
rezonings during the Commission's protracted debate over the zoning
ordinance.
|
y |
n |
| 75' Riparian Buffer - Motion to apply 75-foot buffers to
perennial lakes and streams. Some Commissioners wanted 25 foot buffers
- the least allowed by state law. |
y |
n |
| Oak Grove (Denny Hill) Rezoning - Motion to approve
rezoning 61 acres in the midst of the greenbelt on Jefferson Road
from AR (Agricultural Residential) to single-family residential for
the "Oak Grove" subdivision. The ACC Planning Commission
recommended denial by an 8-1 vote. |
n |
y |
| AR Zoning Option A - Allowed an average density of one unit
per acre development throughout the county's AR zone as part of the
ACC zoning ordinance, in spite of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan's
call for 1 unit per 5 - 10 acres in AR zones. |
n |
y |
Zoning Ordinance Veto Override
Motion to override Mayor Eldridge's veto of the zoning ordinance and
Option A. |
n |
y |
| Carter Amendment to Ordinance - Motion to adopt Charles Carter's
amendment to the new zoning ordinance giving the Commission the power
to review "conservation subdivisions" before they may be
constructed in the AR zone. |
y |
y |
| Bloomfield Rezoning - Motions to rezone 3 properties in this
single-family historic neighborhood from single-family to multi-family,
despite numerous neighborhood complaints about code violations by
nearby multi-family unit renters. |
n |
y |
| Mixed-Use Fire Station in Five Points - Motion to reject
the concept of a mixed-use fire station in Five Points (which had
been proposed by UGA School of Environmental Design Dean Jack Crowley
as a public-private partnership with potential to save millions of
dollars in construction costs.) |
n |
y |
| Olympic Dr. Rezoning from Employment-Industrial to Industrial
- Motion to rezone this area from EI, which allows only light industry,
to I, which allows heavy industry |
n |
y |
| Amendment to Definition of Family in Single-Family Zones -
Motion to redefine family and reduce from 2 to 1 the number of unrelated
individuals allowed to live with a family in single-family zones,
in an effort to protect the integrity of single-family neighborhoods. |
y |
n |
| Enron Partnership - Motion to enter into partnership with
Enron Corp. to explore the feasibility of locating a natural gas-fired
power plant in Athens along the North Oconee River. |
n |
y |
| Barnett Shoals Road Widening - Motion to approve the concept
of a 5-lane road (4 travel lanes with a center turn lane) with no
parking lot access road, sidewalks, bike lanes, or center median -
even though the deletion of these from the plan would result in the
loss of about $3 million in funding from GA DOT because they felt
that such a design would result in an unsafe roadway. |
n |
y |
| Approval of Bicycle Master Plan with Prince Avenue Deleted
- Motion to approve the Bicycle Master Plan but only with all reference
to Prince Avenue removed. |
n |
y |
| Robert Hardeman Road "Conservation Subdivision" Rezoning
- Motion to approve the rezoning of 125 acres in the AR zone and Airport
Overlay district for a subdivision, despite lack of adequate infrastructure
(roads, fire protection, sewer treatment plant at capacity.) |
n |
y |
| Donation of $2 Million to the Classic Center for Foundry Street
Warehouse Renovation - Motion to donate the proceeds from the
sale of the Wray-Nicholson House, rather than lend the money and set
up a Historic Preservation revolving loan fund. |
n |
y |
| Multi-family Building Permit Moratorium - Motion to implement
a temporary moratorium on issuing building permits in RM zones, and
authorizing a study of affordable housing in ACC (with the added opportunity
to slow down the eviction process at the Garden Springs Mobile Home
Park.) |
y |
n |
| |
total: |
Logan
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