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Council approves rezoning at 521 Scenic Highway for Friendship Forest Academy
Summary
Lawrenceville City Council unanimously approved rezoning 521 Scenic Highway from Office Neighborhood to Office Institutional and reduced the buffer requirement to 0 feet to accommodate Friendship Forest Academy, after Planning Director Todd Hargrave introduced the application and staff recommendations.
The Lawrenceville City Council on May 27 unanimously approved a rezoning request to allow Friendship Forest Academy to operate at 521 Scenic Highway.
Todd Hargrave, Planning and Development Director, presented rezoning application RZC2026-0002 and buffer reduction request BFR2026-0004 and introduced Jennifer Hickey, who was identified as Director of Operations and founder of Friendship Forest Academy, Inc. The council voted to rezone the property from ON (Office Neighborhood) to OI (Office Institutional) and to reduce the required buffer between dissimilar zoning classifications from 50 feet to zero.
Council Member Victoria Jones moved approval; Council Member Randy Travis seconded. The motion passed with all members voting yea: Mayor David R. Still, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruce Johnson, Council Member Victoria Jones, Council Member Randy Travis and Council Member Bryant Harris.
The minutes record the council’s action and the technical zoning change; no public speakers were recorded during the public hearing on this item. The transcript and minutes do not elaborate further on proposed site changes, student capacity, or timeline for academy operations.
