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, September 24, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers in the Public Works Administrative Building located at 700 Fox Trail, Opelika, Alabama. A Planning Commission work session begins at 2:30 PM. The purpose of the public hearings is to receive public comment on the following:

  1. A public hearing on a request by Jim Weese, authorized representative of Mark Moody, property owner, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Taurus One, Redivision of Lot 6 subdivision consisting of 2 lots accessed at 2823 Lee Road 158.
  2. A public hearing on a request by Mike Maher, authorized representative of Glenn D. Toland, property owner, for preliminary plat approval of the Juanita G. Jones, First Revision, Redivision of Parcel 2A subdivision consisting of 2 lots accessed from Lee Road 155.
  3. A request by Mike Maher, authorized representative for Curt Cope, President of Auburn 57, Inc., property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Interstate Park, Redivision of Lot
    3, Redivision of Lot 3-B subdivision consisting of 4 lots accessed from Interstate Drive.
  4. A request by Mike Maher, authorized representative for Race Cannon Development, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Cannon Gate, Redivision of Parcel B, Phase 2, subdivision consisting of 42 lots accessed from Cannon Gate Drive.
  5. A request by Mike Maher, authorized representative for Race Cannon Development, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Cannon Gate, Redivision of Parcel A and Parcel A-3 subdivision consisting of 3 lots accessed from Oak Bowery Road and Blackhawk Drive.
  6. A request by James Miller, authorized representative for Steven Lamar & Cathy Bowens, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the Ralph Leininger Legacy subdivision consisting of one lot accessed at 3013 Society Hill Road.
  7. A request by James Miller, authorized representative for Cherry Calloway, Anthony Chris Calloway, & Nicholas D. Calloway, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of the A Redivision of Chris Calloway Plat No. 1 subdivision consisting of 2 lots accessed at 4195 Oak Bowery Road.
  8. A public hearing on a request by Blake Rice, authorized representative of Bennett & Company, LLC, property owners, for preliminary and final plat approval of Providence Park subdivision consisting of 2 lots accessed from Century Boulevard.
  9. A public hearing on a request by Blake Rice, authorized representative of Steven W. Corbett, property owner, for preliminary plat approval of the Silver Oak Phase 2 subdivision consisting of 30 lots accessed from Lee Road 266.
  10. A public hearing on a request by Brandon Bolt, authorized representative for Opelika Gateway Properties, LLC, property owners, for major revisions to the Wyndham PUD (Planning Unit Development) Master Plan accessed from Gateway Drive and Marvyn Parkway. The proposed revisions are to the residential lot widths and/or commercial & residential uses as follows:
    • from 125-foot single family homes to 65-foot single family homes (POD #11)
    • from 25-foot townhomes to 65-foot single family homes (POD #11)
    • from 25-foot townhomes to commercial and apartments (POD #8 & #9)
    • from open space to commercial (POD #10, Gateway Drive)
    • from 80-100-foot single family homes to 65-foot single family homes (POD #11)
    • from 60-75-foot cottages to 75-foot single family homes (POD #12)
    • from cluster homes to 75-foot single family homes (POD #12)
    • from 80-100-foot single family homes to 75-foot single family homes (POD #12)
    • from 60-75 foot cottages to 75-foot single family homes (POD #12)
    • from office/apartments to office/townhomes (Marvyn Parkway, POD #3)
    • from office to industrial (Marvyn Parkway, POD #7))
  11. (a) A public hearing to consider a recommendation to the City Council on a rezoning request by Mark Strozier, authorized representative for Edgar Hughston Builder, Inc., property owners, to rezone 1.17 acres (two lots) at 1650 and 1700 South Uniroyal Road from a R-2 to a R-3 zoning district.
    (b) The following agenda item is included for review at the September 24th Planning Commission meeting concerning an amendment to the Future Land Use Map at 1650 and 1700 South Uniroyal Road, 1.17 acres (two lots), from low density residential to medium density residential
  12. The following agenda item is included as “Other Business” at the September 24th Planning Commission meeting: The Village at Waterford, Phase 3, 78 lots, Waterford Boulevard, ProrgreCiv Group, Inc. Hagen Wagoner, Requesting extension of preliminary plat approval for four months or January 28, 2020.
    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 09/11/2019