{"id":273,"date":"2012-12-10T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T16:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/rezoning-near-moody-fire-code-would-prohibit-a-single-entrance-lcc-2012-12-10-lcc-2012-12-10.html"},"modified":"2012-12-10T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T16:47:29","slug":"rezoning-near-moody-fire-code-would-prohibit-a-single-entrance-lcc-2012-12-10-lcc-2012-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/rezoning-near-moody-fire-code-would-prohibit-a-single-entrance-lcc-2012-12-10-lcc-2012-12-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Rezoning near Moody: fire code would prohibit a single entrance @ LCC 2012-12-10 @ LCC 2012-12-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uxVGpHA1dm0\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3ea987b2970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3ea987b2970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nCommissioner Crawford Powell may have found solid grounds to deny\nthe proposed rezoning for a development near Moody AFB,\nhe revealed at\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/more-developer-favors-at-the-county-commission-work-session-this-morning-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nthis morning&#8217;s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCounty Planner Jason Davenport explicitly linked this rezoning case,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n7.a. REZ-2012-17 Lowndes Development, LLC, Davidson Rd MAZ II and MAZ III to R-10, County Water &amp; Sewer, ~23.49 acres\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nto\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/glimmers-of-open-discussion-about-moody-afb-zoning-by-the-county-commission-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nthe zoning text code amendment on the same meeting agenda.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n7.d. TXT-2012-02 MAZ II Residential Density\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHe also mentioned the TRC (the Technical Review Committee\ncomposed mainly of Lowndes County and Valdosta staff) had a split vote\non this item, although\nhe didn&#8217;t say how it was split.\nAnd he said the Commissioners had the Planning Commission recommendation\nbefore them,\nalthough he didn&#8217;t mention the Planning Commission recommended against.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCommissioner Crawford Powell brought up a good point:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nThe fire department and the TRC say in the notes\nthat it fails to comply with fire rescue ingress-egress requirements.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFire Chief Guyton appeared to confirm that was the case,\nalthough since he wasn&#8217;t at a microphone, it&#8217;s hard to hear.\nCommissioner Powell continued:\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s been a requirement from the ULDC?\nIn the fire code.\nMr. Davenport, in the last four, five, or six rezoning cases\nhave we allowed a single ingress-egress on a subdivision like this?\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe County Planner&#8217;s response:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nNot a single one.\nI know the engineer has worked with some to allow for a boulevard concept.\nBut the most recent cases where the\nfire code has been applied,\nthe answer is no.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s pretty clear.\nExcept for the part about there seem to have been cases where the\nfire code was not applied.\nWhy did that happen?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uxVGpHA1dm0\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxVGpHA1dm0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nRezoning near Moody: fire code would prohibit a single entrance @ LCC 2012-12-10\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioner Crawford Powell may have found solid grounds to deny the proposed rezoning for a development near Moody AFB, he revealed at this morning&#8217;s Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission. 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