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Statesboro council approves annexation, rezoning for 198-unit townhome plan amid traffic and easement concerns
Summary
The Statesboro City Council approved an annexation and zoning map amendment to allow a 198-unit townhome subdivision at 285 Herman Washington Road, subject to conditions including a traffic study and right-of-way improvements; councilors and residents raised wetlands, utility-easement and traffic concerns during the public hearing.
The Statesboro City Council approved an annexation and rezoning request to allow a proposed 198-unit townhome subdivision at 285 Herman Washington Road, council members said during a public hearing Tuesday.
The council granted the annexation (AN25-03-04) and a zoning map amendment (RZ25-03-05) after staff and the applicant described the site as a vacant, roughly 38.58-acre parcel and recommended approval with conditions. Planning staff said the city’s future land use map designates the site as a developing neighborhood.
The project matters because the property sits adjacent to county-maintained roads and utilities and because the proposed density will add hundreds of homes — and vehicle trips — to a corridor councilors identified as already strained. “We have those utilities that have to be relocated,” said a city staff member during the hearing, noting…
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