NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Opelika will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 204 S. 7th Street, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.
PURPOSE
The purpose of said Public Hearing will be to consider the adoption of an ordinance to amend Ordinance Number 124-91 (entitled “Zoning Ordinance of the City of Opelika”) adopted
on September 17, 1991. At said Public Hearing all who desire to be heard shall have the opportunity to speak for or in opposition to the adoption of the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. __
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING
ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. FINDINGS. The Council has determined and hereby finds and declares that
the following facts are true and correct:
(a) Kyle S. Drake, Jr., heretofore submitted to the City a development plan for a
planned unit development (“PUD”) entitled Drakes Landing PUD on approximately 150 acres.
(b) The proposed development is located in a R-1 District (Rural District) and is
located on the eastern side of South Uniroyal Road at 2015 South Uniroyal Road.
(c) The proposed Development Plan provides for 190 single-family residential lots
and approximately 57 acres of undeveloped open space. The minimum lot size is 15,000 square feet. The Development is accessed from South Uniroyal Road. The access street is a boulevard
type with a wider entrance and two lanes separated by a median.
(d) The Planning Commission heretofore conducted a public hearing of the proposed development and referred to the City Council its recommendation to approve the proposed
development.
(e) It is advisable and in the interest of the City and the public interest that the
proposed property described in Section 3 below should be developed as a unified residential development.
Section 2. APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The Development Plan as submitted for review is hereby approved and affirmed as required by Section 8.18(N) of the Zoning Ordinance of the City, subject to compliance with the following requirements, conditions and modifications:
(a) The Developer shall install underground utilities.
(b) The Developer shall install sidewalks on at least one side of all streets.
(c) The Developer shall relocate the street stub-out shown at the north property line
to align with the proposed street shown on the Master Plan. The street stub-out
provides an alternative future access point.
(d) The Developer shall provide a 25-foot natural undisturbed buffer or a six-foot
high opaque fence along the near lot line lots that abut the north, south and west
perimeter property lines.
Section 3. DESIGNATION OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. The official
Zoning Map is hereby amended and the zoning classification for the following parcel of land shall be changed from a R-1 District (Rural District) to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) on
the official zoning map of the City. Parcel B of Kyle S. Drake, Jr., Subdivision according to and as shown by map or plat of said subdivision of record in Plat Book 13, at Page 84, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County, Alabama.
The above property is located at 2015 South Uniroyal Road.
Section 4. RETENTION OF COPIES OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN. Copies of the
Development Plan shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk, City Planner, City Engineer and Building Official and shall be open for public inspection.
Section 5. REPEALER. Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict with provisions of this Ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective upon its
adoption, approval and publication as required by law.
Section 7. PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.
All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing and be heard. Written
comments concerning the above matter may be mailed to the City Clerk at
P.O. Box 390,
Opelika, AL 36803
at any time prior to the public hearing and may be further submitted to the City Council at the meeting and the public hearing.
Please contact Kevin Rice, the City’s ADA Coordinator, at 334-705-2083 at least two (2)
working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to any disability.
WITNESS my hand this the 15th day of January, 2020.
/s/ R. G. Shuman
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Legal Run 01/15/2020
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
CASE NO.: 2019-V-120923-L
DONA HODGE, Plaintiff VS. REGINALDO VALERIANO AND KASSIE THORPE, Defendants,
NOTICE OF SUMMONS-SERVICE BY PUBLICAITON
TO: REGINALDO VALERIANO, Defendant named above:
You are hereby notified that the above-styled action seeking custody was filed against you in said Court on September 11, 2019, and that by reason of an order for service of summons by publication entered by the court on December 13. 2019 you are hereby commanded and required to file with the clerk of said court and serve upon Attorney Clarence Williams, III, whose address is 1200 Green Street, Warren Robbins, Georgia, 31093, an answer to the complaint within sixty (60) days of the date of the order for service by publication. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
WITNESS the Honorable Clerk of Court, this 10th day of January, 2020.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
Clerk/Deputy Clerk
Superior Court of Houston County
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