The petitioner is requesting to rezone 12500 Apache Avenue from RSF-E (Residential Single Family-Estate) to B-M (Maritime-Business) with the intent of redeveloping a restaurant and marina (File No. 22-004424-ZA). The petitioner has a second petition request for a Special Use Permit to allow for the proposed restaurant to provide on-site consumption of alcohol (File No. 22-004426-ZA).

The parcel is located off Apache Avenue and is approximately 2.08 acres with 271-feet of frontage along Apache Avenue. The area historically operated as a restaurant with a marina called "Bell's Landing". In February 2006, the restaurant and marina were destroyed by a fire.

Much of the parcel is vacant with a portion of the restaurant’s foundation remaining. A single-family residence is on the west side of the parcel and will be demolished by the petitioner.

Single family residences are adjacent to the parcel and across Apache Avenue is the Bell’s Landing Chatham County Park Services boat ramp and fishing dock as well as the River Houses condominiums, a gated community. Apache Avenue is a dead-end street. There are several single-family residences and a gated condominium near the entrance of Apache Avenue named Hoover Creek Plantation. 

The petitioner held two neighborhood meetings.  

On December 20, 2022, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the petition to rezone 12500 Apache Avenue from RSF-E (Residential Single Family-Estate) to B-M (Maritime-Business).