Residential development planned for Raley Road in Bibb County if rezoned

A residential development with 27 homes is planned for Raley Road, off Eisenhower Parkway and Interstate 475, but the property has to be rezoned first.

The Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission is expected to consider an application to rezone nearly 4 acres at 4773 Raley Road from an agricultural district to a single-family residential district to allow a detached residential cluster development.

The applicant also is requesting approval for a conditional-use permit to allow the development along with a revision to a previously approved site plan.

The 4-acre parcel would be added to an adjacent 11-acre site at 4719 Raley Road, which was rezoned to a residential district in 2015, according to the commission's staff report.

The gated cluster development would include 27 single-family homes that would be about 2,200-3,000 square feet in size. Amenities would include a 5,400-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool, playground and a 1-acre nature trail, park and storm-water detention pond.

The staff report said the proposed rezoning is not inconsistent with the 2040 Future Land Use Plan and appears to be a logical extension of the residential zoning of adjacent land.

However, it would also be adjacent to light industrial-warehouse land uses that "may result in future conflict should the non-residential property owners wish to expand or intensity their land uses in the future," the report said.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in the 10th floor conference room, Willie C. Hill Government Center Annex, 682 Cherry St.

Other items on the agenda are:

CONDITIONAL USES:

4719 and 4773 Raley Road: Conditional use to allow a detached cluster development (27 units) with a revision to previously approved site plan, R-1A, Single-Family Residential/A-Agricultural District [R-1A Pending]. Widner & Associates, applicant.

3155 Mercer University Drive: Conditional use to allow a church in an existing building, C-2 District. Christ Temple of Faith of Macon Inc., applicant.

7081 Peake Road: Conditional use to allow a professional office park (3 buildings), PDE District. Widner & Associates, applicant.

3430 Pio Nono Ave.: Conditional use to allow permanent outdoor sales (Food Trailer with picnic tables), C-4 District. Ana Isabel Lopez-Martinez, applicant.

5440 Bowman Road: Conditional use to allow a new tunnel car wash and future building, PDE District. Rowland Engineering, Inc., applicant.

REVOCATION:

6440 Houston Road: Revocation of Zoning Permit 13-1255 and 14-20478, C-1 District. B. J. Patel, applicant.

RATIFICATION:

5437 Bowman Road: Variance to allow to allow a freestanding tenant panel, PDE District. Sean Dukes, TKD Sign Studio, applicant.

781 Spring Street and 879 Rose Park: Conditional use to allow a final site plan approval for a mixed-use development (commercial, office, wellness and residential), PDE District. Chris Clark, Carter & Sloope Inc., applicant.

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This story was originally published February 6, 2016 at 6:09 PM with the headline "Residential development planned for Raley Road in Bibb County if rezoned ."