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Planning commission backs rezoning of Hoyt Street parcel, seeks downtown design overlay
Summary
The Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission recommended approval of a future-land-use change and a rezoning that would reclassify a portion of a government-owned parcel on Hoyt Street from park/government to Commercial Downtown, with design-overlay protections and negotiated public easements.
The Athens-Clarke County Planning Commission on Dec. 11 recommended approval of a future-land-use change and a zoning change for a portion of a larger government-owned parcel on Hoyt Street, directing that the site be placed in the downtown design overlay recommended by staff.
Planning staff presented the case (ZON-2025-11301) and said no concept plan has been submitted; the commission was asked only to consider whether Commercial Downtown (CD) zoning would be appropriate for the parcel. Staff recommended placing the parcel in the Daugherty/Dorothy Street downtown design overlay to ensure compatibility with adjacent downtown blocks.
Ed Lane of SPQ Cares and Engineers, appearing for the Downtown Development Authority and Downtown Development Board,…
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