CITY OF OPELIKA
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
TO: RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA AND ALL OTHER
INTERESTED CITIZENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Opelika, Alabama will hold
a regular meeting and will be conducting public hearings on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in the Meeting Chamber at Opelika Municipal Court located at 300 MLK Boulevard, Opelika, Alabama. A Planning Commission work session begins at 2:40 PM. The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public comment on the following:
- A public hearing on a request by James L. McCrory, authorized representative for Dora H. James, property owner, for preliminary and final plat approval of the James Second Revision subdivision, 3 lots accessed from 4200 Sedgefield Lane.
- A public hearing on a request by David Scott, property owner, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Tiger Town Corporate Park Redivision of Lot 2 subdivision, 2 lots at 2901 Interstate Drive.
- A public hearing on a request by Blake Rice, authorized representative for 280 Land Company, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Hidden Lake Phase 1 subdivision, 56 lots accessed from Sportsplex Drive & West Point Parkway. (Tabled at February 25 th Planning
Commission meeting.) - A public hearing on a request by Barrett-Simpson, Inc (Blake Rice), authorized representative for Stone Martin Builders LLC, property owner, for preliminary and final plat approval of The Estates Phase 2 Redivision of Lots 51 & 52 subdivision, 2 lots at 1069 Hampstead Lane.
- A public hearing on a request by James D. Miller, authorized representative for Dunlop Family Development, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Harwell Hills
Sixth Addition subdivision, 6 lots accessed from Rustic Street. - A public hearing on a request by Race Cannon, authorized representative for Cannon Gate Homeowners Association, Inc., property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the
Cannon Gate Redivision of Parcel A-3 subdivision, 3 lots accessed from Oak Bowery Road and Blackhawk Drive. - A public hearing on a request by David Fichtner, authorized representative for Gwen Cooper Simon, property owner, 6 lots, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Willie Bryant subdivision accessed from 3800 block Hamilton Road.
- A public hearing on request by Vic Patel/Arthur Nettles, authorized representative of AU Hospitality,
LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Opelika Marketplace subdivision consisting of 4 lots accessed from Parker Way. - A public hearing on a request by Foresite Group, Inc., authorized representative for Century Park
Apartments, LLC, property owner, for preliminary plat approval of the Century Park Townhomes subdivision, 53 lots accessed at 1901 Century Boulevard. - A request by Robin Weyant, authorized representative for Jan H. Weyant and Gregory C. Weyant, Co-Trustees, property owners, to ratify the Weyant subdivision, 2 lots, accessed at 2833 Sundance
Road. - A public hearing on a request by Vic Patel and/or Arthur Nettles, authorized representative for AU Hospitality, property owners, for conditional use approval for an extended stay hotel (99 units) accessed from Parker Way.
- A public hearing on a request by Okey Chidume, authorized representative for Temple Anderson, property owners, for conditional use approval for an auto sales lot and auto maintenance shop at 303 South Railroad Avenue.
- An agenda item to consider a recommendation to the City Council on the request by David Fichtner, authorized representative for Gwen Cooper Simon, property owner, an annexation of 12 acres into the City limits located at the 3800 block Hamilton Road, Zoning request R-1 (rural).
- A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Barrett-Simpson, Inc. (Blake Rice), authorized representative for Keith Newell, W. S. Newell & Sons, property owners, for major revisions to the Towne Lake PUD (Planning Unit Development) Master Plan accessed from North Uniroyal Road and Towne Lake Parkway. The revisions concern changing proposed commercial/office property to single family homes (45 acres) and commercial (14.5 acres).
- (a) A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Clayton Howard, property owner, to rezone 1.9 acres at 1813 & 1801 Old Columbus Road, from a M-1 zoning district to a R-4 zoning district.
(b) An agenda item related to the rezoning request concerns an amendment to the Future Land Use Map for the 1.9 acres at 1813 & 1801 Old Columbus Road from a manufacturing to medium density residential. If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive recommendation to the City Council to rezone the property and Council approves rezoning, then approval of said amendments to the Future Land Use map will be approved. - (a) A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Jeremy Clark, authorized representative for Chuck Beams, property owner, to rezone 2.87 acres accessed at 1402 Fitzpatrick Avenue from a R-2 zoning district to a C-2 zoning district.
(b) An agenda item related to the rezoning request concerns an amendment to the Future Land Use Map for the 2.87acres at 1402 Fitzpatrick Avenue from a low density residential to light commercial.
If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive recommendation to the City Council to rezone the property and Council approves rezoning, then approval of said amendments to the Future Land Use map will be approved. - A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by David Slocum, authorized representative for Rob Dibenedetto, property owner, to rezone 26.6 acres accessed at the Northeast corner of Waverly Parkway and Veterans Parkway from a R-1, R-3, & C-2 zoning district to a PUD (Planning Unit Development) zoning district consisting of townhomes and commercial.
(b) An agenda item related to the rezoning request concerns an amendment to the Future Land Use Map for the 26.6 acres at the Northeast corner of Waverly Parkway and Veterans Parkway from a low density residential to mixed use/planned unit development. If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive recommendation to the City Council and Council approves the rezoning, then the Future Land Use map will be approved. - (a) A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Brain Lee, authorized representative for Brandon Davis, property owner, to rezone 6.6 acres accessed at 3417 Dale Avenue from a R-5M zoning district to a C-3 zoning district.
(b) An agenda item related to the rezoning request concerns an amendment to the Future Land Use
Map for the 6.6 acres at 3417 Dale Avenue from a high density residential to general commercial.
If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive recommendation to the City Council and Council approves the rezoning, then the Future Land Use map will be approved.
All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting/public hearings and be heard. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Planning Director at 700 Fox Trail, Opelika, Alabama 36801 at any time prior to the meeting/public hearings and may be further submitted to the Planning
Commission at the meeting/public hearings.
The Planning Commission reserves the right to modify or alter any of the proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and to make its recommendations accordingly to the City Council.
Please contact Kevin Rice, the City’s ADA Coordinator, at 334-705-5132 at least two (2) working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
PLANNING DIRECTOR
Legal Run 03/11/2020
