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Planning Commission backs rezoning for small medical office at Presley Mill Road
Summary
The City of Douglasville Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning about 0.97 acres near Presley Mill Road and Timber Ridge Drive to allow a 3,000 sq ft medical office, forwarding the item to the mayor and city council for consideration on June 11 and a vote on June 15.
The City of Douglasville Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a rezoning request that would convert roughly 0.97 acres at Presley Mill Road and Timber Ridge Drive from PUD and PSP to O&I (office institutional) to allow a 3,000-square-foot medical office.
Chelsea Tubbs, the city’s planning and zoning administrator, told commissioners the two currently vacant parcels would be combined and that the proposed medical office is expected to generate minimal traffic — “approximately 10 and 11 vehicles in the AM hours and between 5 to 6 vehicles in the PM peak hours,” she said. Tubbs also said the site sits in the regional activity center character area where office and institutional uses are appropriate.
Brett Thomas, representing the applicant, said the parcels were created during prior roadway realignments and are otherwise underutilized. “The proposed rezoning establishes a consistent and compatible zoning and that allows the property to be put into practical use,” Thomas said, adding that the modest, one-story building is intended to fit the scale of nearby medical and institutional properties.
A commissioner questioned whether approving development would remove one of the remaining green spaces in the neighborhood; Thomas responded that the property resulted from realignment and that the church that formerly owned the larger tract had been left with an isolated parcel that the applicant intends to put to practical use. Thomas also confirmed the applicant plans to provide about 24 parking spaces though city code requires 10 spaces for the building’s size.
After discussion, the commission moved and seconded a recommendation of approval. The chair announced the motion passed; the recommendation will be heard by the mayor and city council at their legislative meeting on June 11 and placed on the council’s agenda for a vote on June 15.
The Planning Commission’s recommendation is advisory; final approval rests with the mayor and city council.
