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Council approves rezoning of 0.49-acre Georgia Avenue parcel to allow small‑lot single‑family housing
Summary
North Augusta City Council voted unanimously May 5 to approve Ordinance 225-10, rezoning roughly 0.49 acres along Georgia Avenue from general commercial (GC) to R‑7 small‑lot single‑family residential to allow a small housing development.
The City of North Augusta City Council on May 5 approved Ordinance 225‑10, rezoning about 0.49 acres of land along Georgia Avenue from general commercial (GC) to R‑7 small‑lot single‑family residential.
Planning and zoning staff described the request as an internal rezoning (not an annexation) covering three tax parcels on Georgia Avenue that will be combined to permit a small housing development. “This is a planning and zoning request to go from general commercial to R‑7. This is not an annexation. This is inside the contiguous city limits, and this, [the] three tax parcel numbers are off of Georgia Avenue,” Jim Clifford, city administrator, told the council.
The measure received a motion from Councilmember Pat Carpenter and was seconded by Councilmember David McGee. The mayor called for a voice vote; the council approved the ordinance unanimously.
Council members said the rezoning represents infill redevelopment in an existing commercial corridor. “I would just tell you, I think this is a great piece of infill,” Mayor Britton S. Williams said, describing the parcel as an odd‑shaped section near the McDonald’s and other small commercial lots that will be combined and redeveloped.
Nut graf: The rezoning moves a small city‑owned or privately owned cluster of parcels from commercial to small‑lot single‑family zoning to allow a modest residential project; planning staff and the planning commission recommended approval and the council adopted the ordinance on second reading.
The ordinance affects three tax parcel numbers listed on the record; planning staff said the change aims to regularize lot shapes and permit a smaller residential development rather than commercial reuse. City staff and the planning commission recommended approval; no public comments were made at the council meeting on the item. The council discussed the item briefly at second reading and then voted to adopt the ordinance.
The council routinely conducts two readings for ordinance changes. This was the item’s second reading; council members noted the substantive review occurred at the prior study session and described the second reading as a clean action for approval.
Ending: The ordinance will be recorded with the city’s planning department and implemented under the city’s zoning map; the council did not specify a development permit or builder at the meeting and did not take separate action on building permits or site plans for the parcels.
