Rezoning request for a 100-unit apartment complex for seniors off Thomaston Road in Macon is expected to be considered by zoning office

Macon zoning officials on Monday are expected to consider plans for a 100-unit apartment development near Thomaston Road.

DHB Development Inc. of Valdosta wants to rezone about 12 acres at 4193 Cavalier Drive, just off Thomaston Road near Interstate 475, from an industrial and general commercial district to a multi-family residential district.

The project is expected to be considered during Monday's meeting of the Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission.

Less than a month ago, the commission approved plans for a 168-unit apartment complex that would be built at 6369 Thomaston Road.

The apartments on Cavalier Drive would be developed for senior housing and would include four two-and-three-story buildings, according to the commission's staff report. Also, it would include a community center, playground, gazebo, covered pavilion and 203 parking spaces.

"While the proposed multi-family residential rezoning is not incompatible with the existing land uses currently surrounding the site, it should be noted that the 2040 Future Land Use Plan envisions future additional development in this area as commercial and light industrial," the staff report said. "Those uses will be given favorable consideration in future applications on neighboring sites."

In another matter, Primex Properties LLC has requested conditional-use permits for three Bojangles fast food restaurants. They would be at 788-794/808 Gray Highway, 4190 Pio Nono Ave. and 2772 Riverside Drive.

Existing buildings on each of the properties would be demolished to make way for the restaurants, the staff report said.

Primex would build a 3,808-square-foot building on each site, and each one would employ 35 to 45 workers.

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

Other items on the agenda are:

ITEMS DEFERRED FROM PRIOR MEETING:

385 Second St.: In violation of Section 27.08 of the Comprehensive Land Development Resolution by violating conditions of Permit 2015-0021044. Posh Lounge.

CONDITIONAL USES:

4193 Cavalier Drive: Conditional use to allow multi-family apartments, (100 units), PDI /C-2District. [R-3 Pending]. Houston Brown, applicant.

880 Pio Nono Ave.: Conditional use to allow auto sales at an existing location, C-1 District. Quanrick Roberson, applicant.

745 Cherry St.: Conditional use to allow a mixed-use development for residential and commercial use, CBD-1 District. Robert Brown, BTBB Architects, applicant.

875 Burrus Road: Conditional use to allow a truck rental (Penske) at an existing storage facility. C-4 District. King Kemper, applicant.

2936 Broadway: Conditional use to allow a building for fundraising and events for a motorcycle club, M-1 District. Black Sabbath Motorcycle Club, applicant.

1288 Hardeman Ave.: Conditional use to convert single-family dwellings to multi-family dwellings, HR-3 District. Bryan Nichols, applicant.

6706 Peake Road: Conditional use to allow a tunnel car wash, PDE District. John Wells, applicant.

6239 Zebulon Road: Conditional use to allow a car wash, PDE District. Widner & Associates, applicant.

CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS:

718 College St.: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of asphalt driveway and an awning (canvas) over the front door, HR-3 District. Kenneth and Tethel Brown, applicant.

745 Cherry St.: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of a mixed use development for commercial and residential use, CBD-1 District. Robert Brown, BTBB Architects, applicant.

502 Mulberry St.: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval and installation of wall signs, awning and lighting, CBD-1 District. Scott Bombard, Rosson Signs, applicant.

555 Poplar St.: Certificate of Appropriateness to allow design approval of wall signage, CBD-1 District. NewTown Macon, Johnson Lofts Operating LLC, applicant.

VARIANCES:

127 St. Martinique Place: Variances (2) in setback requirements to allow a single-family dwelling, R-1AAA District. Denise Gonzalez, applicant.

3801 Northside Drive: Variance in parking to allow off-site parking, C-2 District. Pellican Construction, applicant.

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This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 8:44 PM with the headline "Rezoning request for a 100-unit apartment complex for seniors off Thomaston Road in Macon is expected to be considered by zoning office ."