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Council approves temporary parking lot plan, adds three-year hotel prohibition for Drayton/Henry site
Summary
After public hearings and MPC recommendation, council approved a future-land-use amendment, a rezoning and a special-use permit to allow a surface parking facility at a three-parcel site on East Henry and Drayton; council attached a three‑year prohibition on hotel/inn uses to reduce neighborhood concerns.
Savannah’s City Council approved a linked set of land-use changes Dec. 19 that clear the way for a temporary off-street parking facility on parcels at Drayton and East Henry streets while imposing a three-year limit on inn or hotel uses at the site.
Edward Morrow, director of development services at the Metropolitan Planning Commission, told the council the requested future-land-use map amendment and rezoning reflect shifting commercial character along East Henry and are intended to enable an interim parking solution that anticipates future infill. The MPC recommended…
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