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August 15, 2019, City Council Regular Meeting
Title
31. Motion to Provide a Zoning Designation for 661.3 Acres on I-16 and Old River Road (Petitioner: James Gerard for the Morgan Family and Thomas Gray for Savannah Economic Development Authority)
Strategic Priority
Good Government
Description

On August 1, 2019, the Mayor and Aldermen acknowledged the receipt of an annexation petition for 894.07 acres located on I-16, Old River Road, and John Carter Road.  The petitioners, James Gerard for the Morgan Family and Thomas Gray for Savannah Economic Development Authority, requests approval to rezone the property to Heavy Industrial (I-H) instead of keeping Chatham County's current zoning.

Chatham County currently provides the following zoning districts:

PIN 11046 01001 containing 105.2 acres: PDR-SM (Planned Development Reclamation - Surface Mining); Ownership: 50% Savannah Economic Development Authority and 50% Morgan Family;

PIN 11045 01002 containing 556.1 acres: R-A (Residential-Agriculture); Ownership: Morgan Family;

PIN 11040 03002 containing 232.77 acres: R-A (Residential-Agriculture); Ownership: Morgan Family; (This site has since been withdrawn or temporarily postponed).

O.C.G.A. § 36-66-4

(d) If the zoning is for property to be annexed into a municipality, then:

(1) Such municipal local government shall complete the procedures required by this chapter for such zoning, except for the final vote of the municipal governing authority, prior to adoption of the annexation ordinance or resolution or the effective date of any local Act but no sooner than the date the notice of the proposed annexation is provided to the governing authority of the county as required under Code Section 36-36-6;

(2) The hearing required by subsection (a) of this Code section shall be conducted prior to the annexation of the subject property into the municipality;

(3) In addition to the other notice requirements of this Code section, the municipality shall cause to be published within a newspaper of general circulation within the territorial boundaries of the county wherein the property to be annexed is located a notice of the hearing as required under the provisions of subsection (a) or (b), as applicable, of this Code section and shall place a sign on the property when required by subsection (b) of this Code section; and

(4) The zoning classification approved by the municipality following the hearing required by this Code section shall become effective on the later of:

(A) The date the zoning is approved by the municipality;

(B) The date that the annexation becomes effective pursuant to Code Section 36-36-2; or

(C) Where a county has interposed an objection pursuant to Code Section 36-36-11, the date provided for in paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of said Code section.

Recommendation

Approval

Contact
Bridget Lidy, Director of Planning and Urban Design
Financial Impact
N/A
Review Comments
Attachments
Exhibit 1: Savannah Corporate Limits with Proposed Annexation - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 2: Maps - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 3: Parcel 1 unrecorded Plat of 556.1 acres PIN 11045 01002 - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 4: Parcel 2 Plat Book 24P Page 63 of 105.2 acres PIN 11046 01001 - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 5: Parcel 2 Deed Book 343W Page 9 for 105.2 acres PIN 11046 01001 - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 6: Parcel 2 General Development Plan PIN 11045 01002 - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 7: Parcel 2 Plat Book 28P Pages 18A-18B of M - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 8: Chatham County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 4-6.8 PDR Zoning District - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
Exhibit 9: Draft Ordinance - Annexation of Morgan Family Properties.pdf
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