By Jogee Lenarduzzi

The Planning and Zoning Commission approved all five requests proposed to them tonight in a quick quiet meeting.

They approved a zoning change for Ms. Mildred Rollins from neighborhood commercial to a multi-family high-density zoning. Apartments were built in 1966 on the area which until this meeting was incorrectly zoned as neighborhood commercial. Rollins was unaware of the mistake until just recently, as were the previous owners of the properties. She asked for the rezoning in case there was an accident on the property. If there were a fire and one of her apartments were to burn down she would not be legally allowed to rebuild. Although there was argument over the zoning change because of a current land dispute between Rollins and a neighbor, the commission approved the zoning change. Pat Bryan motioned to approve and was second by Ira Loveless. Jerry Emison also voted in favor of the zoning change, but Ben Bounds, James Hicks and John Moor voted against the change. Dora Herring broke the tie, voting in favor of the zoning change and the 48 apartments are now zoned correctly as multi-family high density.

The Commission also unanimously approved plat requests for Starkville Pediatric Clinic Subdivision, Cotton Quarters Condos, Collins Subdivision and Box Avenue Development.

Starkville Pediatric Clinic Subdivision will be located at 200 Hospital Road and will be privately owned by several doctors. It was the first development in Starkville that the Board of Aldermen approved for usage of a hammerhead drive instead of a cul-de-sac. According to city planner Ben Griffith the hammerhead allows enough space for fire trucks to turn around but is also a convenient alternative to the cul-de-sac.

Cotton Quarters Condos will be located on Jarnigan Street just North of Russell Street by the church and the cemetery on the corner of the Cotton District. The builders of the condos hope to market the condos to alumni of MSU.

The request for Collins Subdivision is simply a request to subdivide a large lot at 619 Greensboro Street. The owners of the lot wished divide the lot in two, selling one portion to a builder to build a home upon and the selling the other portion of the lot to neighbors to allow them to make their yard a bit larger. The second portion of the lot will be listed as a no building space.

The last decision of the night, the Box Avenue Development Plat request was approved with little discussion. The development will be located at 1208 Louisville Street immediately south of the Lutheran Church. The developers also plan on using a hammerhead design, and will not allow any parking on the street. A Hammerhead turnaround is a T-shaped street that allows enough space for an easy three point turn yet takes up less space than a cul-de-sac.

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Planning and Zoning meets tonight at 5:30 at City Hall. Here’s the items from the “New Business” section of the agenda in handy ALL CAPS.

NEW BUSINESS
1. RZ 08-12: A PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTED BY MS. MILDRED ROLLINS FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM C-1 (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL) TO R-5 (MULTIFAMILY, HIGH-DENSITY) LOCATED AT 1200 LOUISVILLE STREET IN WARD 2.

2. FP 08-10: A REQUEST BY STARKVILLE PEDIATRIC CLINIC, PLLC FOR A PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT APPROVAL FOR “STARKVILLE PEDIATRIC CLINIC SUBDIVISION” IN A C-1 (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL) ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 200 HOSPITAL ROAD, #5 PROFESSIONAL PLAZA IN WARD 5.

3. FP 08-11: A REQUEST BY RIVERBEND LAND & DEVELOPMENT, LLC FOR A PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT APPROVAL FOR “COTTON QUARTERS CONDO PLAT” IN AN R-5 (MULTI-FAMILY, HIGH-DENSITY) ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 36 JARNIGAN STREET IN WARD 4.

4. FP 08-12: A REQUEST BY MR. JENNER COLLINS FOR A PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT APPROVAL FOR “COLLINS SUBDIVISION” IN AN R-2 (SINGLE FAMILY/DUPLEX) ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 619 GREENSBORO STREET IN WARD 1.

5. PP 08-04: A REQUEST BY GREENWAY, INC. FOR A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL FOR “BOX AVENUE DEVELOPMENT” IN AN R-4 (ZERO LOT LINE/CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT) ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED AT 1208 LOUISVILLE STREET IN WARD 2.

Full agenda (PDF) located here.