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Planning board also talks plans for Volume Chevrolet} new concrete plant
,BY Diane Glidowell The original stairs were de- compliant with the Ameri-
news@mymcr.net molished because they cut cans with Disabilities Act
offaccess to the kitchen. (ADA). She said that 36
Forsyth Planning & Zon- The second access must inches is the maximum
ing Commission gave anbe on a different wall. Plans encroachment. Ingram said
initial nod to plans for sev- are for it to come from the planners are trying to
en loft apartments above the present location of a make the emergency stairs
Minori's Italian Restaurant window, down the side of "invisible:'
on the square. Developer the building to just above "I'm sure your architect
Otis Ingram explained to where the exhaust fan is will deal with it, and the
Planning & Zoning that the now. The exhaust fan will city will deal with ADA
state fire marshal requires be moved to the roof. This compliance" said Presley.
two entrance/exits for the emergency stairway will be "The biggest thing is that
second floor of the build- 36 inches wide, with a four- the city doesn't have to
ing if it is in use. foot long platform part way move anything and isn't
Ingram told the com- down. It will take some of losing any parking space"
mission members present the sidewalk, said Clarke.
(Chairman Martin Presley, "It is the only place I can Hall told the Planning
Steve Coleman, Hal Clarke, put it with the fire marshal's & Zoning Commission
Cason Ogletree and Jenni- approval" said Ingram. that their recommenda-
fer Taylor) about remodel- Presley asked if there tion is needed because of
ing the building at 22 West were a number of apart- the stairway and because
Main Street where/vii-melts where only one multi-family residence is a
nori's opened on the first staircase was required, conditional use in Central
floor Dec. 1. He said the Ingram said that any use of Business zoning. Planning
fire marshal allowed the the second floor requires & Zoning can only recom-
business to open without two staircases and that in mend, and the request
two means of access to the the past there had been will go to City Council for
second floor as long as the a main staircase and an action.
second floor wasn't used. emergency one.
Ingram said he has been "[Superintendent of Volume Chevrolet
working on submitting Monroe County Schools] coming to Lee St.
plans for the loft apart- Mike Hickman tells meThe Planning & Zoning
melts on the second floor he thinks he has enough agenda for July 23 also in-
for four or five months, teachers to fill up the units" duded a request from Vol-
The primary access to the said Ingram. ume Chevrolet for approval
seven apartments will be City Manager ]alice Hall of new construction at 450
an interior stairway at the said that Ingram's plans North Lee Street. Hall said
back of the building. It will leave enough space for the that Volume Chevrolet has
be made of black metal, city's sidewalk to remain given her its site plan but
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did not
have the
plans for
its building
ready in
time for the
meeting.
She said
that Vol-
ume will
meet with
her and city
department
heads for
the city's
"First Step"
program
on July 26.
New con-
struction
now comes
before
Planning
& Zoning
because
the city's
Design &
Review
Board was
combined it better with the zoning Hall said plans are moving
with Planning & Zoning in change. Hall said she sug- forward at that site, also.
January. gested Highway Business Taylor asked if Hall had
The third item on the July zoning because it is the contacted Department
23 agenda was a request most lenient. The property of Transportation about
for rezoning of five acres adjoins the back of several traffic lights that will be
on Juliette Road from residential lots. needed at the sites. Hall
Residential to Commercial. said that DOT did a walk-
Thomas and Mary Edith Plans coming for ing study of the area in
Vaughn requested the re- Huddle House, etc. November and gave her a
zoning but did not attend Taylor asked Hall for an copy of the report. It says
the meeting. The com- update on the progress there are two places that
mission tabled the request of the businesses corn- need traffic lights. She'said
until it has more informa- ing to the former sites of the planned liquor store
tion. Tradewinds and Regency is waiting to design its en-
The property is between motels. Hall said there trance and exit until it can
Village Oaks and Ever- should be informationmatch it up with another
green subdivision. Hall said for the commission from business.
the Vaughns do not have businesses coming to the Hall said the newest busi-
any specific plans in mind Tradewinds location at less coming to Forsyth is
with the re-zoning; they its August meeting. The Reames Concrete, which
want to sell the property Regency site has had some will be at the Industrial
and think they can market soil erosion issues, but Park.
Tay or Bryant moved to Shepherd Spinal Center
A Juliette man has been when he
moved to Shepherd's slammed
Center Clinic for rehab into the
after suffering severe in- back of an
juries in a June 30 wreck 18 wheeler
on 1-75. causing a
Taylor Bryant, 22, of "significant
Juliette, was driving impact",
north in his 2001 Honda said Mon-
Civic on 1-75 around mile roe County
marker 183, north of the Cpl. Kevin
Rumble Road exit, at a Powell's
"high rate of speed" in
the right hand (slow) lane
report.
The impact BRYANT
happened
around 3:06
p.m. The collision spun
Bryant's vehicle into the
median wall. Danny Mc-
Cluskey, 60, of Tifton was
driving the truck.
Bryant's car came to rest
facing south partially in
the emergency lane and
partially in the left hand
lane and with no lights,
and was then sideswiped
by a 58-year-old Ohio
man, Ralph Albright, in a
2013 Cadillac.
Bryant was rushed to
Navicent Health with
severe injuries and was in
a coma and
ICU for some
time. His
father owns
Bryant Col-
lision in For-
syth. Friends
and family
have set up a
GoFundMe
and Facebook
page to sup-
port "Tay",
who worked
at the Publix
on Bass Road.
The truck driver, Mc-
Cluskey, told the Reporter
it startled him when he
fek the back of his tractor
trailer being struck.
"My Lord" McCluskey
said. "I thought I ran over
something:'
McCluskey said he was
going about 67 mph and
a witness told him that
Bryant was really mov-
ing. McCluskey asked the
Reporter to the Bryant
family know he's pull-
ing for the young man to
make a full recovery.
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