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Council denies rezoning request for 115 Park Avenue after neighborhood opposition
Summary
Statesboro City Council voted to deny a request to rezone 115 Park Avenue from R-15 to R-3 after residents raised historic-district and quality-of-life concerns; the applicant argued the area already contains multifamily uses and cited housing goals in the city plan.
Statesboro City Council on an April 2026 evening denied a request to rezone 115 Park Avenue from single-family R-15 to multifamily R-3, after an extended public hearing in which neighbors urged the council to preserve the character of the Savannah Avenue historic district.
Homeowner Missy Bennett told the council she and more than 100 neighbors signed a petition opposing the rezoning and described the house’s history: “For 102 years, this was a single family home,” she said, adding that the property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bennett said the current owner, identified in the record as Philip…
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