The petitioner, Neil McKenzie from Coleman Company on behalf of Sweetwater Land Developers, LLC, is requesting a zoning map amendment for 500 Grove Point Road from RSF-6 (Residential Single-Family-6) to RSF-5 (Residential Single-Family-5) to allow for smaller lots and alternative home sizes. The 27.58 -acre property is part of the Sweetwater Station Master Plan Development that includes 445 total residential lots.  Both of these districts provide a limited number of non-residential uses that are compatible with single-family residential uses based on the following: 

• RSF-6 District: Permits single-family detached development on 60-foot-wide lots with a minimum area of 6,000 square feet.

• RSF-5 District: Permits single-family detached development on 50-foot-wide lots with a minimum area of 5,000 square feet.

The property is a part of Sweetwater Station—a single-family detached residential subdivision. It is currently being built out in phases consistent with a Master Plan originally approved in 2005. The majority of the master planned area is zoned RSF-6, and a smaller portion is zoned RSF-5. The total number of 445 residential lots were approved as part of the Sweetwater Station Master Plan. The proposed rezoning of RSF-5 will include a total of 87 lots—which will not change the number of residential lots in the master plan.

The proposed RSF-5 zoning classification would permit a similar development pattern to an existing portion of the subdivision and conventional single-family detached development. The existing development pattern is similar to many subdivisions throughout southside Savannah with properties ranging between 5,000 and 10,000 square feet in size.

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The Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning map amendment for 500 Grove Point Road (PIN 21004 02071) from RSF-6 (Residential Single Family – 6) to RSF-5 (Residential Single Family – 5).