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Commission approves rezoning for Campbellton Drive warehouse; site has limited road access and East Point buffer restrictions
Summary
Planning commissioners approved a rezoning request to allow a warehouse/distribution center at 0 Campbellton Drive, aligning the parcel with surrounding industrial uses; commissioners noted the site has no road frontage and that neighboring East Point ordinance restricts traffic on Campbell Drive.
The Planning Commission voted Sept. 16 to recommend approval of a rezoning from AG-1 to M-1 for a parcel identified as 0 Campbellton Drive to allow development of a warehouse/distribution center. Staff recommended approval, and the commission’s favorable recommendation will go to City Council on Oct. 14 for final action.
Applicant counsel Steve Rothman said the parcel lies within a pocket of industrial property and is effectively surrounded on three sides by industrial uses. Rothman described the site as landlocked from a major road perspective, accessible by a drive that runs behind an existing warehouse and then into the subject parcel. He said the parcel is functionally consistent with industrial use and the Future Land Use Map designation for the site shows industrial uses.
Commissioners asked about current site conditions and access. Rothman said the site is vacant land and not currently used for agriculture. Daniel Hannison, representing the owner/developer, said that East Point’s ordinance includes a provision that prohibits traffic coming up Campbell Drive to that right-of-way; he told the commission the community asked for, and East Point wrote, that restriction into their ordinance. Hannison said buffers would be provided to adjoining neighborhoods and that trucks would not be routed over the restricted Campbell Drive access.
The commission first voted on staff findings of fact and then on the action; both votes passed. The commission’s recommendation aligns the city zoning with the parcel’s current industrial context and staff’s recommendation.
Next steps: the Planning Commission’s recommendation will be transmitted to City Council for final consideration on Oct. 14. The applicant and staff will coordinate on buffer and access details to meet interjurisdictional and neighborhood conditions.
