Upcoming Meeting, June 5th 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 June 5th at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium at 120 West Dougherty Street:

Proposals

• 200 & 205 ROCKWOOD BLVD
  Petitioner: Jeff Carter / Carter Engineering
  Owner: Sapphire Properties LP
  Request: Rezone from C-N* to RM-1 (Commercial-Neighborhood with Conditions to Mixed-Density Residential) 
  Tax ID: 043 016 & 044C5 S099
  PROPOSAL: 19 townhouse-style multifamily units
• 5090 OLD JEFFERSON ROAD
  Petitioner: Buck Bacon / W&A Engineering
  Owner: Foxglove Partners LLC
  Request: Planned Development & Rezone from RS-8 to RM-2 (PD) (Single-Family Residential to Mixed-Density Residential (Planned Development))
  Tax ID: 103 001
  PROPOSAL: 346 residential units (154 single-family detached, 94 single-family attached, 72 townhouse-style multifamily, & 26 duplex units) 
• 2415 JEFFERSON ROAD
  Petitioner: Ed Lane / SPG Planners + Engineers
  Owner: Homewood Village LLC
  Request: Planned Development from C-G to C-G (PD) (Commercial-General to Commercial-General (Planned Development))
  Tax ID: 113 053
  PROPOSAL: Demolition of part of the existing shopping center to build 234 multifamily units. 
• TEXT AMENDMENT
  Amend Sec. 9-4-15(C) of the Code of Ordinances regarding demolition review procedures

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, June 4th 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 July 15th with a final vote tentatively scheduled for August 5th. 

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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