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Lawrenceville council approves rezoning for 151 Honeysuckle Avenue; denies two special-use permits
Summary
At a Feb. 23 meeting the Mayor and Council approved rezoning 151 Honeysuckle Ave. from RS-150 to RS-50 INF with conditions limiting the site to three one-family detached homes, and denied two separate special-use permit applications for a large accessory structure and a carwash; all votes were unanimous.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Mayor and Council of the City of Lawrenceville on Feb. 23 approved rezoning for a property at 151 Honeysuckle Avenue and denied two special-use permit applications, voting unanimously on each item.
Todd Hargrave, the city's planning and development director, presented rezoning case RZR2025-00031 and introduced Scott Smith, a land surveyor. After Mayor David Still opened the public hearing and no members of the public spoke, Council Member Victoria Jones moved to approve rezoning the parcel from RS-150 (single-family residential) to RS-50 INF (one-family infill residential) with the council’s recommended conditions; Mayor Pro-Tem Bruce Johnson seconded. Council amended the motion to specify that no more than three one-family detached units be allowed in the area labeled 1A. The measure passed 5-0.
The adopted ordinance (ZON-ORD-2026-2) includes detailed conditions: no more than three one-family detached dwellings not to exceed eight units per acre; each dwelling must have three sides of brick and a minimum 36-inch brick water table; front façades must face Honeysuckle Avenue; two-car garages and rear-loaded units accessed from Honeysuckle Circle are required; minimum front and rear yard setbacks were specified; utilities must be underground and natural vegetation shall remain until issuance of a development permit. Final site plans, landscaping and elevations are subject to review and approval by the Director of Planning and Development.
Also during the public-hearing portion of the agenda, the council denied two special-use permit applications. Planning Director Hargrave introduced applicant David Fung for SUP2025-00119 (715 Paper Creek Drive), a request for an accessory structure larger than 400 square feet (freestanding solar panel system). Mayor Pro-Tem Bruce Johnson moved to deny the special-use permit, Council Member Randy Travis seconded, and the council voted 5-0 to deny the request. The council later recorded the denial in Ordinance ZON-ORD-2026-3.
The council likewise denied SUP2025-00120 (725 Grayson Highway), an application by Marco Burgos to allow an automobile wash in a BG (general business) zoning district; Council Member Victoria Jones moved denial, Council Member Bryant Harris seconded, and the motion passed 5-0.
All three items were heard and decided in the meeting’s public-hearing segment; no public commenters spoke for or against any of these cases. The ordinances were attested by City Clerk Karen Pierce and signed by Mayor David R. Still.
What happens next: approvals that require building permits or final site-plan review remain subject to review by city staff and any conditions in the adopted ordinance; denied special-use permit applicants may choose administrative or legal options available under local procedures.
