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Council approves rezoning for 11-unit boutique hotel at 560 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Summary
The Milledgeville City Council approved Ordinance O250508 to rezone 7.23 acres at 560 W. Martin Luther King Drive from Office Institutional to Community Commercial with a Planning & Zoning cap of 11 units; the applicant said funding is in place and construction would take about a year.
The Milledgeville City Council voted to rezone 7.23 acres at 560 West Martin Luther King Drive to allow an 11-unit boutique-hotel development, approving Ordinance O250508 after a public hearing and a unanimous roll-call vote.
The council heard a presentation from the city building official and the applicant, Joshua Flournoy, who described a plan of detached, ADA-accessible ‘‘villa’’ suites with green space, a fire pit, and putting greens. ‘‘We want to create that same space here,’’ Flournoy said, adding that average suites would be about 300–320 square feet and that ‘‘funding and everything is already in place.’’ Planning and Zoning had recommended approval on a 6–0 vote with a single stipulation: the project must be limited to no more than 11 units.
City Building Official Barnwell told council the commission’s recommendation included that 11-unit cap. Council members questioned a discrepancy in the applicant’s illustrative layout (one attendee counted 12 cabins on the plan); Flournoy said drawings were a rough draft and that civil engineers would finalize a plan to meet the 11-unit maximum.
A motion was made to ‘‘approve and uphold the findings of the Planning and Zoning Board with the caveat that this be limited to 11 structures.’’ The clerk called the roll; all present voted in favor and the motion carried, formally changing the zoning designation for the property to permit the boutique-hotel use under the city’s land development code.
The ordinance includes the Planning and Zoning condition limiting the development to 11 units; the applicant said construction would take about a year. Next steps include final engineering and site-plan review by city staff in accordance with the approved zoning and the Planning and Zoning stipulation.
