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Commission recommends Planned Development rezoning for Cameron Place at Bemiss to allow 91 townhomes and commercial lots
Summary
The commission recommended changing zoning on a roughly 9.3-acre site on Bemiss Road from Estate-Agricultural to Planned Development and General Commercial to enable about 91 townhomes (~7.5 acres) and multiple commercial lots (~2.5 acres); the TRC cited corridor-overlay and buffer standards and recommended approval (10-0).
The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission on March 30 recommended that a 9.3-acre site on Bemiss Road be rezoned from Estate-Agricultural (E-A) to Planned Development (P-D) and General Commercial (C-G) to accommodate a mixed townhome and commercial project called Cameron Place at Bemiss.
Planner JD Dillard told commissioners the proposal would place approximately 91 townhome units on about 7.5 acres alongside several commercial parcels comprising roughly 2.5 acres. The site is in the Urban Service Area, within the Bemiss Corridor Overlay and a Neighborhood Activity Center character area; staff explained corridor overlay standards and minimum landscape/buffer expectations (a 30-foot buffer with required shade trees and shrubs, which can be reduced to 15 feet with a 6-to-8-foot opaque fence and adjusted planting counts). The TRC reviewed lot sizes, neighboring land uses and utilities and recommended approval of the P-D and C-G zoning as shown on the proposed site plan.
No members of the public spoke in opposition. The commission voted 10-0 to recommend approval (motion by Ed Hightower, second by Tommy Willis). The recommendation moves the matter to the relevant local governing body for final action and any required site-plan and engineering review during permitting.
