The Mayor and Aldermen approved this request at the April 25, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting and the First Reading occurred on May 9.  The action being considered now is the Second Reading of an ordinance for the rezoning of 0 Resort Drive to the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5 PUD Zoning District.

Joseph R. Ross, Petitioner (File No. 19-001441-ZA) is requesting to rezone the subject property from a PUD-B-W-70 (Planned Unit Development Waterfront Urban Center-70 dwelling units an acre) classification to the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5 PUD, in conjunction with a master plan. This is the second of two related agenda items. The first agenda item is the creation of the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5 PUD.

The subject property is located on Hutchinson Island within a master planned development called Savannah Harbor. In 1999, the Original Savannah Harbor Master Plan was adopted for 600 acres. A master plan and specific development standards for the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5 - PUD are proposed in conjunction with the request for approval of the rezoning. Information relating to the master plan and text are provided in a separate report (File No. 19-001440). The master plan is designed to serve as a framework for future development. The subject properties, which are vacant and undeveloped, are two lots of record comprising 27.41 acres. The project area also includes the slip immediately west which will be developed as a marina, in conjunction with phase one of the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5 development.

The proposed PUD district with a regulating master plan would be an appropriate zoning classification to direct development in an orderly manner.

The Planning Commission recommends approval of a rezoning from a PUD-B-W-70 district to the Savannah Harbor Parcel 5-PUD district in conjunction with a master plan.

Staff was notified, by the Petitioner, after the agenda published to request a continuance of this item