Upcoming Meeting, March 6, 2025

Following Athens-Clarke County procedure, you are being notified as a subscriber to the Neighborhood Notification Initiative that the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing and consider the following proposals on Thursday March 6th at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium at 120 West Dougherty Street:

Proposals

• 450 & 460 GAINES SCHOOL ROAD – PD-2024-12-2482             
  Type I – Master Planned Development & Special Use       
  Petitioner:    Scott Haines / W&A Engineering
  Owner:         Hospital Authority of Clarke County Georgia
  Request: From Main Street Business & Traditional Neighborhood to Main Street Business;  From C-O & RS-15 to C-N & RM-2 (PD)
  Tax ID:           233D1 B001 & 233D1 B011
  Proposal:      69 Townhomes, 10 ADUs, 9,745 sq. ft. of Commercial

• 475 N. CHURCH STREET – SUP-2025-02-0253
  Type II – Special Use 
   Petitioner:     Elizabeth DeMarco
   Owner:          475 Church Street LLC
   Request:       Special Use in RM-1
   Tax ID:          171A1 K012 
   Proposal:      Commercial Short-Term Rental

• TEXT AMENDMENT – Short Term Rentals                                            Petitioner:     Athens-Clarke County Unified Government
   Request:      Amend Sec. 9-15-28 of the Code of Ordinances regarding       short-term rentals

Public Comment

In Person Comments

Residents are invited to provide public comment in person at Planning Commission meetings. Applicants and representatives of specified interest groups are provided ten minutes to address the Commission. All other speakers are provided three minutes.

Written or Email Comments

Written or emailed public comments received by the Planning Department no later than noon Wednesday, March 5 will be forwarded to the Planning Commission for their consideration prior to the hearing. 

After this date, written comments may be read into the record at the hearing, subject to the previously noted time limits for addressing the Commission. Comments will also be forwarded to the Mayor & Commission. 

Meeting Purpose

The purpose of the Planning Commission hearing is to be a forum for public comments in favor or in opposition to the proposal.

After the Planning Commission hearing, the Mayor & Commission are tentatively scheduled to consider the request at their Agenda Setting meeting on March 18 with a final vote tentatively scheduled for April 1, 2025. 

Public comment will be accepted at both the agenda setting and voting meetings. If you have any questions regarding the request, the review process or the review timeline for this application please contact the Planning Department by phone (706-613-3515), by e-mail (planning@accgov.com), or by visiting us at 120 West Dougherty Street, Athens, Georgia 30601.

Disclaimer

THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE UP TO 48 HOURS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED MEETING TIME.

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