Planning Commission delays discussion on North Haven Woods assisted living facility
Columbus Planning Commission tabled discussion Monday on whether to permit an assistant living facility to operate in the North Haven Woods subdivision.
Columbus planning commission OKs amphitheater rezoning
The Columbus Planning Commission has approved a request to rezone a section of The Island for the Sen. Terry Brown Amphitheater.
City cell tower ordinance stays as is
Cellular service providers still can’t apply to put a tower in a Columbus residential area.
Changes to cell tower ordinance get OK from CPC
A proposed change to the city’s cell phone tower law has one more hurdle to clear before it takes effect.
Planning commission approves new permits
The Columbus Planning Commission recommended a permitted use request for two new businesses on Monday.
Comprehensive plan in limbo as annexation is decided
The city’s elusive comprehensive plan, which will guide city development for the next decade, was discussed during Monday’s meeting of the Columbus Planning Commission, but no action was taken on the issue.
Planning Commission approves zoning for two homes
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday unanimously approved a rezoning request and a permitted-use request.
Planning commission takes up church, restaurant zoning
Without issuing a recommendation, the Columbus Planning Commission Monday passed a request to allow a church in a single-family residential district to the city council.
Tax business denied for the second time
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday denied a request to operate a business out of a home.
Julia Burgin asked the commission to allow a tax service business in the rear portion of her home at 2006 Short Main St.
Planning board OKs downtown church
For Hope Community Church, the Columbus Planning Commission meeting Monday was an answer to prayer.
“Hallelujah,” Pastor Bo Jeffares said shortly after the commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council approve the church’s controversial request to relocate to the old movie theater at 401 Main St.
Columbus planning board rejects plan for new Southside businesses
The Columbus Planning Commission voted Monday to reject two rezoning requests in Southside that, according to the investment group spokesman, would have brought more than seven new businesses to the low-income area.
An unfair political game
The Columbus Planning Commission and the City Council are locked in a ping-pong match, with one business owner, and a Columbus neighborhood, unfairly batted back and forth.
Board shoots down plans for shoe store
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday unanimously denied a salon owner’s request to rezone property on Warpath Road.
Planning Commission approves plans for bed-and-breakfast, trailer park
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday approved a request for a bed-and-breakfast at 514 Fifth Ave. S.
Parcel on 45 rezoned for commercial development
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday approved a request from Chalma Whitaker to rezone property at 4340 Highway 45 N. from an R-1 single-family residential district to a C-3 highway commercial district.
Planning commission OKs church in Gateway center
The Columbus Planning Commission Monday unanimously approved a permitted-use request to allow a church at 201 K Alabama St. in the Gateway Shopping Center, east of the Food Giant grocery store.
One step closer to the dream
Genesis Church will be allowed to have a child day care center at the old Hughes school building but not a homeless shelter, according to a unanimous recommendation made at Monday’s Columbus Planning Commission meeting.
Columbus board puts ‘dreams’ on hold
Although an open house for a facility to house a day care, homeless shelter, after-school programs and church services, among other things, is scheduled for Thursday, the Columbus Planning Commission has yet to approve the project.