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, June 27, 2023 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 will be held at 2:45 pm before the regular meeting. The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public comment on the following:
I. Some items at the meeting will have a designated public hearing (noted below). Individuals are limited to 5-minute comment period per public hearing.
II.Approval of Minutes
III. Update on Previous PC Cases
IV. New Business
A. Plat (Preliminary only) – Public Hearing
1. A public hearing on a request by Brett Basquin, Foresite Group, LLC, authorized representative for Jim Masingill, Broad Metro, LLC property owners, for preliminary approval of The Landing Redivision of Parcel 2A subdivision consisting of 3 lots accessed from Freddie Way.
2.A public hearing on a request by T. J. Thomas and Mike Maher, authorized representative for Holland Homes, LLC, property owners for preliminary approval of Foxrun Phase 3 subdivision consisting of 43 lots accessed from Village Drive and Woodland Circle.
B. Plat (Preliminary and Final) – Public Hearing
3.A public hearing on a request by Brandon Bolt, Bolt Engineering, Inc. authorized representative
For SKPW 400, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final approval of Pepperell Manufacturing Company Subdivision of Lot 2 subdivision consisting of 2 lots accessedfrom Cunningham Drive.
C. Rezoning and Plat (Preliminary only) – Public Hearing
4a. An agenda item for a rezoning request includes an amendment to the Future Land Use Map for
4.18 acres accessed from Oak Bowery Road from a low density residential land use category to
a medium density land use category. If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive
recommendation to the City Council to rezone the 4.18 acres and Council approves the rezoning, then approval of said amendments to the Future Land Use map will be approved.
4b. A rezoning public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by
David Slocum, authorized representative for Carolyn Prince Dudley and John Robert Dudley,property owner, to rezone 4.18 acres accessed from Oak Bowery Road from a R-1 to a R-2zoning district.
5.A public hearing on a request by David Slocum, authorized representative, for Carolyn Prince Dudley and John Robert Dudley-, property owners, for preliminary plat approval of the Southern Pines subdivision consisting of 46 lots accessed from Oak Bowery Road.
D.Rezoning – Public Hearing
6a. An agenda item for a rezoning request contains includes an amendment to the Future Land Use Map for a 7,324 square foot (sf) lot from a general commercial land use category to alight commercial land use category. If the Planning Commission votes to send a positiverecommendation to the City Council to rezone the 7,324 sf lot and Council approves therezoning, then approval of said amendments to the Future Land Use map will be approved.
6b.A rezoning public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by A & P Holdings, LLC, property owners, to rezone 7,324 sf lot accessed at 1625 1st Avenue from a M-1 to a C-2 zoning district.
E.Final Plat
7.A request by Blake Rice, authorized representative for Fire Rock Development Company, LLC, property owners, for final plat approval of the Laurels Lakes, Phase 1 subdivision plat consisting of 62 lots accessed from North Uniroyal Road.
8.A request by Doug Ransom, authorized representative for DRB Group Alabama, LLC, property owners, for final plat approval of the Wyndham Gates Pod 3, Phase 3 subdivision plat consisting of 9 lots accessed from Raiden Circle.
9.A request by Steve Timms and Mike Maher, authorized representative for Retirement Systems of Alabama, property owners, for final plat approval of the National Village Phase 6B subdivision plat consisting of 9 lots accessed at the corner of Spa Loop and Robert Trent Jones Trail.
F. Other Business
10.The following agenda item is included for review at the June 27th Planning Commission meeting as a recommendation to the City Council. A petition for the vacation of Country Club Road from the 3500 block of Country Club Road to the intersection of Country Club Road and Saugahatchee Road.
V. Old Business
E.Rezoning – Public Hearing
11a.An agenda item related to a rezoning request concerns an amendment to the Future Land Use
Map for 197 acres accessed from Anderson Road and Andrews Road from a low density
residential to a mixed use development land use category. If the Planning Commission votes to send a positive recommendation to the City Council to rezone the 197 acres and Council approves the rezoning, then approval of said amendments to the Future Land Use map
will be approved.
11b.A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a request by Blake Rice,Barrett-Simpson, Inc., authorized representative for 280 Land Company LLC, property owner, to rezone 197 acres accessed from Anderson Road and Andrews Road from R-3 to PUD (Edgefield Farm). (This item was tabled at the April 25, 2023 meeting at the applicant’s request.)
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 the Planning department at 334-705-5156 at least two (2) working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
PLANNING DIRECTOR
Legal Run 6/15/2023
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TO: OMAR BROOKS
Per O.C.G.A. § 19-8-10, you are hereby notified that a Petition for Step Parent Adoption has been filed in the Superior Court of Troup County, Georgia, Case No. 83-CA-1422 on March 2, 2023. Petitioners seek to adopt Z.D.M., born in 2005, O.P.M and A.M.M, both born in 2008, minor children. You are not required to file your answer to the Complaint with the Clerk of Superior Court of Troup County. This matter is set for a final hearing on Tuesday, August, 15, 2023, at the Troup County Courthouse before the Honorable Judge John Simpson. You are further notified that you are subject to lose all rights to the children at such hearing.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
OPELIKA CITY COUNCIL
July 11, 2023 6:00 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with §23-4-2, Code of Alabama, 1975, that the City Council of the City of Opelika will conduct a Public Hearing during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Opelika Municipal Court Building, 300 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, to receive the benefit of public input concerning a proposal to vacate a portion of the right-of-way of Country Club Road. All persons interested in the proposed vacation are invited to appear at the public hearing and express their views. Written statements or objections may be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the time of the hearing.
The portion of Country Club Road proposed to be vacated is more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at a 1 inch diameter pipe with a crimped top found marking the southeast corner of Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 26 East Lee County, Alabama; thence along the east boundary of said Section 21 North 1 Degrees 00 Minutes 18 Seconds West a distance of 1522.60 feet to a 1 inch diameter pipe with a crimped top found; thence North 0 Degrees 55 Minutes 09 Seconds West a distance of 408.20 feet to a #5 rebar with a cap stamped “GARVER LLC CA-445-LS” (typical) set on the north right-of-way of Country Club Road; thence leaving said Section line and right-of-way North 75 Degrees 28 Minutes 24 Seconds East a distance of 164.13 feet to a 1 inch diameter pipe found on the south right-of-way of Country Club Road; thence along said right-of-way North 56 Degrees 06 Minutes 24 Seconds East a distance of 168.04 feet to a #4 rebar found; thence North 56 Degrees 43 Minutes 58 Seconds East a distance of 345.52 feet to a #5 rebar set, said point being the Point of Beginning of the herein described tract, having established grid coordinates of N-771673.66, E-778082.41 of zone east of the Alabama State Plane Coordinate System (NAD83); Thence leaving said right-of-way North 0 Degrees 49 Minutes 30 Seconds East a distance of 72.45 feet to a #5 rebar set on the north right-of-way of Country Club Road; thence along said right-of-way North 56 Degrees 44 Minutes 09 Seconds East a distance of 1002.21 feet to a #5 rebar set; thence leaving said right-of-way South 0 Degrees 49 Minutes 30 Seconds West a distance of 72.42 feet to a #5 rebar set on the south right-of-way of Country Club Road; thence along said right-of-way South 56 Degrees 45 Minutes 53 Seconds West a distance of 56.77 feet to a #5 rebar set; thence South 56 Degrees 43 Minutes 58 Seconds West a distance of 945.46 feet thence to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Being further described according to and as shown on that certain survey or drawing prepared by Loyd W. Carpenter, Registered Surveyor.
A copy of the Petition to Vacate and the proposed resolution approving the vacation will be available upon request at the office of the City Clerk, 1st Floor of City Hall, 204 South 7th Street, Opelika, Alabama.
Please contact Brian Weiss, the City’s ADA Contact Person, at 334-705-5134 at least two (2) working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
DATED this the 15th day of June, 2023.
/s/ Russell A. Jones, CMC
RUSSELL A. JONES, CITY CLERK
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STORAGE TREASURES AUCTION
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below
belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
1412 Opelika Rd. Auburn, AL 36830 Thursday, June 22, 2023 @ 10:00AM
Unit T357
Unit A2
The auction will be listed and advertised on
www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be
made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the
transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the
winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Legal Run 06/15/2023
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Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
1242 N Dean Rd, Auburn, AL 36830 Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 10:00AM
Unit 120
Unit 381
The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Legal Run 06/15/2023
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No. CV-2023-900022.00
JAMES W. WHITE,
Plaintiff, vs.
A PARCEL OF LAND IN LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE JESSIE BROWN 1 ACRE TRACT AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 628, PAGE 453 AT PROBATE OFFICE IN LEE COUNTY ALABAMA, THENCE SOUTH ALONG WEST MARGIN OF JESSIE BROWN LOT 420 FT. THEN N. 50 DEGREES WEST 105 FT., THENCE NORTH 420 FT., THENCE S. 50 DEGREES EAST ALONG SOUTH MARGIN
LEE COUNTY HIGHWAY #4 105FT. TO POINT OF BEGINNING.
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF
STEVINS JONES and/or
MARGARET JONES , and
WILLIAM J. WADE, Solely as trustee of MID-STATE TRUST II, a Delaware Trust, or Its unknown successors and assigns,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
To: All Defendants herein, whose whereabouts are unknown and which cannot be ascertained after the exercise of reasonable diligence.
You are hereby notified that on the 19th day of January 2023 a Bill to Quiet Title was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, regarding the following described real property:
Commencing at the Southwest Comer of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 25, Township 18 North, Range 27 East, Lee County, Alabama. Run thence North 87°00′ East 730 feet, more or less, thence run North 03°00’West 269.6 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning, thence continue North 03°00′ West 420 feet to the Southerly Right of Way of Lee County Highway No. 4, thence run along said Highway North 54°45′ West 105 feet, thence run South 03°00′ East
420 feet, thence run South 54°45′ East 105 feet to the point of beginning. Located in Section 25, Township 18 North, Range 27 East, Lee County, Alabama Being that tract described in Deed book 1035 page 365, Deed Records of Lee County, Alabama
Less and except any road right of ways of record. Said parcel also being described as: Begin at the Northwest comer of the Jessie Brown 1 acre tract as described in Deed Book 628, Page 453 at Probate Office in Lee County, Alabama, thence South along West margin of Jessie Brown lot 420 ft. then N. 50 degrees West 105 ft., thence North 420 ft., thence S. 50 degrees East along South margin Lee County Highway #4 105 ft. to point of beginning.
All persons having an interest in said lands or any portion thereof, claiming any title thereto or any encumbrance or lien thereon, are hereby directed to plead, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint on or before the expiration of 30 days after the last publication of this notice, or thereafter suffer judgment by default to be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.
Done this the 6th day of June, 2023.
Mary Roberson Circuit Court Clerk, Lee County
Benjamin H. Parr
830 Avenue A, Suite A Opelika, Alabama 36801
Telephone Number: 334-749-6999
Fax: 334-203-1875
ben@benparrlaw.com
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: ESTATE OF THOMAS M. DICKINSON SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2023-270
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL
NOTICE
Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of THOMAS M. DICKINSON, SR., deceased, having been granted to LINDA FERRELL, on the 18th day of May 2023, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Raymond L. Jackson, Jr.
Attorney for LINDA FERRELL
Executor of the Estate of THOMAS M. DICKINSON, SR.
Attorney for Personal Representative:
Raymond L. Jackson, Jr. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
145 E. Magnolia Avenue, suite 110
Auburn, AL 36830
Telephone: (334) 991-3143
FAX Number: (877) 730-3354
e-mail address: Ray@RayJackson.Law
Legal Run 06/15/2023, 06/22/2023 & 06/29/2023.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLES LEROY SUMMERS, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2023-291
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL
NOTICE
Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of CHARLES LEROY SUMMERS, deceased, having been granted to GREGORY SCOTT SUMMERS, on the 25th day of May, 2023, by
the Honorable Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Raymond L. Jackson, Jr.
Attorney for GREGORY SCOTT SUMMERS
Executor of the Estate of CHARLES LEROY SUMMERS
Raymond L. Jackson, Jr. ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
145 E. Magnolia Avenue, Suite 110
Auburn, AL 36830
Telephone: (334) 991-3143
FAX Number: (877) 730-3354
e-mail address: Ray@RayJackson.Law
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
PROBATE COURT NO: 2023-244
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
PHEBE DIONNE FOY AKA PHEBE FOY, DECEASED.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY
PERSONAL
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the estate of said deceased having been
granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of June2023, by the Hon. BILL ENGLISH, Judge of the Probate Court of LEE County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the
same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
LARRY FOY, PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE
OF PHEBE DIONNE FOY AKA
PHEBE FOY, DECEASED
LINDA D. BENSON, P.C.
Attorney for Personal Representative
P.O. Box 780818
Tallassee, AL 36078
334-283-5800
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