2000-2002
|
AGGC position |
Chasteen
District 9 |
Sheats District 3 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
n |
n |
Zoning Ordinance Veto Override
Motion to override Mayor Eldridge's veto of the zoning ordinance and Option A. |
n |
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 |
n |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
y |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
n |
| 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 |
y |
2003 - 2004 |
|
Chasteen
7/15 |
Sheats
3/15 |
| Conservation Subdivision Moratorium - Motion to enact a temporary moratorium on conservation subdivisions to allow the regulations to be rewritten |
y |
y |
|
| Barnett Shoals Road Widening Bid - Motion to award bid to widen Barnett Shoals to five lanes |
n |
y |
|
| Spring Valley Road Conservation Subdivision - Motion to allow special use for conservation subdivision at high density in the AR zone |
n |
y |
|
| Bike Master Plan - Motion to restore Prince Avenue to Bicycle Master Plan |
y |
y |
|
| Downtown Historic Designation - Motion to begin designation process and develop guidelines |
y |
y |
|
| Greenway Network Plan - Motion to adopt Greenway Network Plan |
y |
y |
|
| MACORTS TIP - Motion to accept ACC Portion Of MACORTS Transportation Improvement Program - including sprawl-inducint projects |
n |
y |
|
| Prince Avenue Crosswalks - Motion to install crosswalks at busy pedestrian locations |
y |
y |
|
| Lumpkin Street Reconfiguration - Motion to redesign Lumpkin Street including stormwater improvements and seeking right-of-way from UGA to create bicycle lanes |
y |
y |
|
| Rezone AR and amend Conservation Subdivision Regulations - Motion to change the AR zoning density from 1 unit per acre to 1 unit per10 acres, with a density bonus for conservation subdivisions; and remove loopholes from the conservation subdivision regulations |
y |
y |
|
| Interim 75-Foot Riparian Buffers - Motion to require 75-foot buffers on all streams while a comprehensive buffer policy is developed |
y |
y |
|
| Rail-Trail Funding - Motion to accept additional funding and to acquire right-of-way |
y |
y |
|
| |
12 |
9/12 |
|
2005 - 2006 |
|
|
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| Shoal Creek Sewer Line - Motion to site sewer force main along Whit Davis Road rather than along Shoal Creek, thus avoiding encroachment into the greenbelt |
y |
y |
|
| Timber Harvesting - Motion to temporarily amend timber harvesting ordinance to apply to sites of 1 acre or more (instead of 5), and to require 5 years between timber harvesting and development rather than 3 years |
y |
y |
|
| Neighborhood Notification Initiative - Motion to implemen program |
y |
y |
|
| Community Tree Management Ordinance - Motion to eliminate previously adopted temporary limitations on timber harvesting |
n |
y |
|
| Urban Planner - Motion to provide funding for urban planner position in ACC operating and capital budget |
y |
n |
|
| Mass Grading - Motion to adopt text amendments to limit subdivision grading |
y |
y |
|
| Old Hull Road Improvement Project - Motion to accept alternative road improvement concept that includes a bicycle/pedestrian path |
y |
n |
|
| Prince Avenue Reconfiguration - Motion to retain the current 4-lane configuration of t Prince Avenue between Milledge and Pulaski, rather than convert it to three lanes. |
n |
y |
|
| Local Control of Prince and Milledge - Motion to accept control of Prince and Milledge Avenues from GDOT |
y |
n |
|
| Jennings Mill Parkway - Motion to accept 2005 Roadway Improvement Program, Phase 1A of Jennings Mill Parkway (sprawl-inducing four lanes from New Jimmie Daniels to Commerce Blvd.) |
n |
y |
|
| Westchester Bridge - Motion for design of new bridge rather than box culvert |
y |
y |
|
| Pond Buffer - Motion to amend terms of Planned Development to allow 25-foot buffer around pond, rather than 75 feet as required when PD submitted. |
n |
y |
|
| |
12 |
5/12 |
|
| Total Votes in Agreement with Grow Green |
39 |
22/39 |
3/15 |
