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Council approves rezoning to add 1.49 acres to Eastern Wharf plan; neighbors press council over possible new access
Summary
Savannah City Council voted to rezone a 1.49-acre parcel on East President Street into the Eastern Wharf planned development and placed the master-plan amendment on first reading. Neighbors voiced concern that a curb cut shown in the plan could create a new access that would increase cut-through traffic and safety risks; petitioners and staff said the curb cut already exists and may be controlled by GDOT.
Mayor Van R. Johnson II and staff advanced a zoning change on April 10 to fold a 1.49-acre parcel on East President Street into the Eastern Wharf planned development. The council approved item 13 — a zoning map amendment to change the parcel from light industrial to planned development — by voice vote and placed the related master-plan amendment (item 14) on first reading, returning for final action in two weeks.
Edward Morrow, director of development services for the Chatham County-MPC, told the council the parcel is currently zoned light industrial and that the requested change would align that corner with the rest of the Eastern Wharf PUD and its adopted standards. MPC staff recommended approval and the planning…
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