Pelham holds public hearing on rezoning 104 acres near Oak Mountain State Park

The Pelham City Council recessed its Jan. 6 meeting for a public hearing on a request to rezone about 104 acres along Oak Mountain State Park Road from A1 (agricultural) and R1 (single-family residential) to RG (residential garden homes). The applicant, Randy Goggins of Pelham 157 LLC, proposed a development of roughly 225 homes with lot sizes from about 7,000 square feet to roughly an acre. The council recessed the meeting to hear public testimony; a vote on the ordinance is scheduled for a future meeting.

City staff and the developer told the council the rezoning request is intended to align the parcel with the city’s future land use plan. Andre Bittas, speaking for the city, summarized the applicant’s request: "He's requesting to rezone 2 parcels, approximately 104 total acres located at Highway 33 West of Pelham Oaks Elementary School and West of Oak Mountain State Park Road, from R1 and A1 to RG Residential Garden Homes." Randy Goggins described changes to the plan after earlier public input, saying the team "we've gone to a 100 foot buffer" along the State Park Road frontage and that houses would be pulled back from the roadway.

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