Thursday, September 18, 2008
Just to let you know, Judge Richardson ruled on the lawsuit on the 13 story building. The ruling is in favor of the city of Ridgeland, therefore the decision made by the board of alderman is affirmed.
CONGRATULATIONS, Renaissance and Ridgeland!
Ridgeland aldermen to consider parking garage plans for 200 Renaissance
Ridgeland aldermen to consider parking garage plans for 200 Renaissance
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
In Ridgeland’s mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting tonight, aldermen will consider modifications to the plans for a parking garage for a controversial 13-story office building.
The building, also known as 200 Renaissance, is located in mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park on Highland Colony Parkway.
According to the minutes of the city’s Architectural Review Board meeting Aug. 26, 200 Renaissance developer Buster Bailey proposed a “green screen” system in lieu of the previously approved metal perforated screen panels to be placed around the garage.
The green screen will be a system of metal trellises attached to the exterior of the garage.
Vines are to be planted at the base of the system and will cover the trellises over time.
The original metal screen was designed to screen cars from view and provide air circulation. Bailey said the green screen will function in the same way but will also make the parking garage more aesthetically pleasing.
Bailey and the city are currently involved in a heated court battle with a group of residents calling themselves Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement over the 13-story building.
The city approved the building in October 2007, issuing a height variance and conditional use permit to allow the building to be built higher than four stories.
Four stories is the maximum building height allowed by the city.
ZONE dislikes the building’s tall height and wants the ongoing construction process halted. Bailey supporters contend the building will bring upscale tenants into Ridgeland.
Lawson Hester, a ZONE attorney, expects Madison County Circuit Court will make a decision regarding the building in the next several weeks.
200 Renaissance will house the employees of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada law firm, the Horne CPA Group and Regions Bank’s corporate headquarters.
The building will be ready for tenants to move in during the fall 2009, Bailey has said.
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
In Ridgeland’s mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting tonight, aldermen will consider modifications to the plans for a parking garage for a controversial 13-story office building.
The building, also known as 200 Renaissance, is located in mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park on Highland Colony Parkway.
According to the minutes of the city’s Architectural Review Board meeting Aug. 26, 200 Renaissance developer Buster Bailey proposed a “green screen” system in lieu of the previously approved metal perforated screen panels to be placed around the garage.
The green screen will be a system of metal trellises attached to the exterior of the garage.
Vines are to be planted at the base of the system and will cover the trellises over time.
The original metal screen was designed to screen cars from view and provide air circulation. Bailey said the green screen will function in the same way but will also make the parking garage more aesthetically pleasing.
Bailey and the city are currently involved in a heated court battle with a group of residents calling themselves Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement over the 13-story building.
The city approved the building in October 2007, issuing a height variance and conditional use permit to allow the building to be built higher than four stories.
Four stories is the maximum building height allowed by the city.
ZONE dislikes the building’s tall height and wants the ongoing construction process halted. Bailey supporters contend the building will bring upscale tenants into Ridgeland.
Lawson Hester, a ZONE attorney, expects Madison County Circuit Court will make a decision regarding the building in the next several weeks.
200 Renaissance will house the employees of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada law firm, the Horne CPA Group and Regions Bank’s corporate headquarters.
The building will be ready for tenants to move in during the fall 2009, Bailey has said.
Controversy over 13-story building in Ridgeland continues
August 5, 2008
Controversy over 13-story building in Ridgeland continues
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
Developers of a 13-story building are trying to throw out a group of Ridgeland residents’ appeal of the city of Ridgeland’s decision to approve the controversial building back in October.
Madison County Circuit Court will hear the motion Aug. 11.
The motion, filed by attorneys for building developer H.C. “Buster” Bailey, asserts the appeal lacks standing because the appellants, mostly residents of Ridgeland who call themselves “Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement,” do not live closely enough to the disputed structure to be able to challenge it.
“So, he’s basically saying that no resident of Ridgeland can appeal the city’s decision to approve his building. Outrageous,” said Janet Clark, an appellant and a founding member of ZONE, who will be able to see the building from her Rolling Meadows Road home.
Bailey is out of town and could not be immediately reached for comment.
The 13-story building, also known as 200 Renaissance, is under construction at I-55 and Steed Road near the upscale Renaissance at Colony Park mall.
For more than a year, the building has been a point of tension between the city, Bailey and ZONE. The later dislikes the building’s tall height and has accused the city of breaking its own zoning ordinances.
The ordinances set the height limit for Ridgeland buildings at four stories, but developers were granted a height variance and conditional use permit by aldermen in a lengthy public hearing in October which allows them to take the building higher than four stories.
Bailey was not named in ZONE’s appeal that swiftly followed the city’s approval decision, but Bailey’s lawyers have intervened to try and get the appeal dismissed.
Bailey’s written motion contends that ZONE’S appeal should be tossed due to “lack of standing by the individual appellants” because they don’t own the property nor live within 160 feet of the building.
The city’s original deadline to answer ZONE’s appeal was July 7, but the court has stayed the briefing schedule pending the outcome of the motion to dismiss, said Ridgeland City Attorney Jerry Mills.
200 Renaissance will house the employees of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada law firm, the Horne CPA Group and Regions Bank’s corporate headquarters. The building should be ready for the tenants to move in from downtown Jackson by fall 2009, Bailey has said.
Controversy over 13-story building in Ridgeland continues
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
Developers of a 13-story building are trying to throw out a group of Ridgeland residents’ appeal of the city of Ridgeland’s decision to approve the controversial building back in October.
Madison County Circuit Court will hear the motion Aug. 11.
The motion, filed by attorneys for building developer H.C. “Buster” Bailey, asserts the appeal lacks standing because the appellants, mostly residents of Ridgeland who call themselves “Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement,” do not live closely enough to the disputed structure to be able to challenge it.
“So, he’s basically saying that no resident of Ridgeland can appeal the city’s decision to approve his building. Outrageous,” said Janet Clark, an appellant and a founding member of ZONE, who will be able to see the building from her Rolling Meadows Road home.
Bailey is out of town and could not be immediately reached for comment.
The 13-story building, also known as 200 Renaissance, is under construction at I-55 and Steed Road near the upscale Renaissance at Colony Park mall.
For more than a year, the building has been a point of tension between the city, Bailey and ZONE. The later dislikes the building’s tall height and has accused the city of breaking its own zoning ordinances.
The ordinances set the height limit for Ridgeland buildings at four stories, but developers were granted a height variance and conditional use permit by aldermen in a lengthy public hearing in October which allows them to take the building higher than four stories.
Bailey was not named in ZONE’s appeal that swiftly followed the city’s approval decision, but Bailey’s lawyers have intervened to try and get the appeal dismissed.
Bailey’s written motion contends that ZONE’S appeal should be tossed due to “lack of standing by the individual appellants” because they don’t own the property nor live within 160 feet of the building.
The city’s original deadline to answer ZONE’s appeal was July 7, but the court has stayed the briefing schedule pending the outcome of the motion to dismiss, said Ridgeland City Attorney Jerry Mills.
200 Renaissance will house the employees of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada law firm, the Horne CPA Group and Regions Bank’s corporate headquarters. The building should be ready for the tenants to move in from downtown Jackson by fall 2009, Bailey has said.
Industry officials predict Property values rising with development
Industry officials predict
Property values rising with development
Northside Sun
Posted: 07/25/08 - 08:45:51 am CDT
INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY Renaissance at Colony Park will have a positive effect on residential property values west of Highland Colony Parkway, but a member of a Ridgeland advocacy group maintains the mixed-use development will eventually lessen the quality of life in that area.
“I actually feel like it will be going down because of Renaissance,” Janet Clark of ZONE, or Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement, said. “I think by the time they get to their 30,000 cars a day, it won’t be as desirable. If roads are built, maybe it will be OK. But I don’t have a good feeling about it.”
Colony Park extends south from Old Agency Road north to the Madison city limits. ZONE claims Ridgeland ignores its own ordinances, such as allowing buildings in Renaissance to be constructed higher than the zoned four-story limit, and contends developer H.C. Bailey continues to receive favorable treatment from city officials for “a bill of goods.”
Last December, Mayor Gene McGee cast the tie-breaking, 4-3 vote to approve a variance request to build a $70 million tower at 200 Renaissance. Bailey altered his original plan to build 17 stories as a compromise with those opposing it. City officials in October authorized an exception to allow the 13-story building in an area zoned for buildings no taller than four stories.
And although it opposed Ridgeland granting a height variance from four stories to six to Hyatt Place Hotel in March, ZONE did not appeal that decision. Instead, it has turned its focus on 200 Renaissance, where Regions Bank, Horne CPA Group,S and Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Cannada Law Firm are expected to move notwithstanding Madison County Circuit Court action to block construction.
But Mark Frascogna of Neopolis Development Group of Flowood said he expects Renaissance and the residential area west of Highland Colony Parkway to coexist n and thrive.
“I THINK THE EFFECT should actually be positive for the foreseeable future,” he said. “The location is so outstanding, particularly with the natural buffers you have there with the interstate and the school. Absent major apartment complexes, I think property values should be fine.”
Neopolis is the developer of Lost Rabbit in Madison.
Renaissance, which opened several months ago, is on Old Agency Road west of I-55. In Colony Park, the mixed-use development is among four others on the parkway that extends from West County Line Road in Ridgeland to Mississippi 463 in Madison.
Concourse, Quorum and Crescent are office parks. Township is another mixed-use development.
Subdivisions west of the parkway include Canterbury, Windrush, Old Agency Village, Carlton Park and Dinsmor. Homes also line Rolling Meadows Road.
Clark said residents are considering creating guard houses as commercial development continues near the parkway.
“There’s a feeling our neighborhoods are going to be discovered and it isn’t going to be a safe country place anymore.”
That community, though, probably won’t see their neighborhoods deteriorate, Project Manager Nathan Gaspard of Moore Planning Group said.
“The Renaissance development characterizes many such developments around the country that are conceptually more integrated with their surroundings,” he said. “As the project continues to develop, the proposed trail links to the community and with emphasis on walkability and high-quality grounds maintenance, we feel it will continue to add value to the area and make nearby residential developments more desirable.”
MOORE PLANNING GROUP drafted Ridgeland’s master plan that calls for redeveloping seven areas of the city, including the Northpark district, where aging subdivisions are deteriorating and retailers there are moving to Renaissance and to other retail hubs.
That scenario is common in similar areas around the United States, Graspard said.
“But a major difference between the mall development and Renaissance is that 70s-era malls were conceived as ‘islands of selfdom,’ with little or no connection to the context of the neighborhoods near them. Some reconfiguring of the mall will be required and will serve to add a new style of shopping venue to the mall and will thus increase its vitality. The same result will be achieved in the neighborhoods surrounding Northpark.”
In Ridgeland’s master plan, Moore Planning Group recommends connecting Northpark and those residences.
“The resulting interactions, we feel n and research confirms n will help lead a revitalization of those neighborhoods,” Graspard said.
The firm attributed the decline in the Northpark district to the age and character of the homes and few public amenities.
“As with similar neighborhoods … as families age and relocate to other areas, these older homes begin to enter the rental market because they can’t compete in a housing market stressing modern styling and amenities.”
Those are problems higher-end homes near the parkway don’t have, and thus owners won’t have to worry about their property values decreasing, realtor Karen Newsom said.
“I have seen an increase in home buyers looking to live in this area. They value proper planning, close proximity and convenience of retail and commercial services, which go hand in hand with a higher quality of life.”
“Properly planned and balanced retail and commercial growth plays an integral part in maintaining and increasing residential property values,” she said. “Most of the existing homeowners tell me how excited they are to be living in the area.”
And that’s to be expected, Frascogna said.
“So much of it has to do with scale and product type - the quality. I don’t think you can just generically say, ‘I don’t want to be next to shopping.’ With Renaissance, you’ve gone from shopping mall to Main Street. They have offices next to retailers, and there’s a great deal of new urbanism.”
Madison County District 3 Supervisor D.I. Smith, who is the on-site property manager at Dinsmor, said prospective residents prefer to live near the parkway
.“Commercial growth along Highland Colony Parkway seems to have created even more excitement, interest and demand for Dinsmor property,” he said. “There were 42 houses sold in Dinsmor in 2007, which is in line with the last several years, but about seven more than in 2006.. ”
“I strongly believe the residential values in the area near Highland Colony Parkway will increase because of the high quality of the commercial developments,” Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee said. “The demand for housing will continue to grow because people want to be close to where they work and will be looking to move to homes near the parkway.”
As officials in Madison County prepare to build three interchanges on I-55 between Ridgeland and Gluckstadt over the next seven years, traffic congestion along and around the parkway is not expected to be a factor for residents in the area’s subdivisions.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation plans to build a $150 million split-diamond interchange to relieve traffic from Old Agency to Mississippi 463. Madison County is set to build interchanges at Reunion Parkway and at Gluckstadt, and construction is expected to be complete by 2013.
Zone group focusing on 200 Renaissance; not appealing Hyatt Place
Zone group focusing on 200 Renaissance; not appealing Hyatt Place
AN ATTORNEY FOR A GROUP opposing the construction of a 13-story building at Renaissance said ZONE is preparing for a briefing in Madison County Circuit Court and that it will not appeal Ridgeland officials’ decision to grant a height variance to Hyatt Place Hotel at the mixed-use development.
“We didn’t appeal it because we’re focused on 200 Renaissance,” Steve Smith said. “The court will set a briefing schedule, and I anticipate it will be set in two or three weeks.”
Regions Bank, Horne CPA Group and Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens and Cannada Law Firm are expected to move into the Renaissance offices notwithstanding court action to block developer Buster Bailey from building the structure at 13 stories.
Last December, Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee cast the tie-breaking, 4-3 vote to approve a variance request to build the $60 to $70 million tower. Bailey altered his original plan to build 17 stories as a compromise with those opposing it. City officials in October authorized an exception to allow the 13-story building in an area zoned for buildings no taller than four stories.
ZONE appealed the decision and has threatened to file a lawsuit preventing Bailey from creating an overlay district at Renaissance, claiming he would use the district to minimize public input on how properties at Colony Park are developed.
COLONY PARK EXTENDS south from Old Agency Road north to the Madison city limits. An overlay district already has been created at The Township, a planned mixed-use community along Highland Colony Parkway at Steed Road.
Generally, overlay districts add to provisions of underlying zoning and apply to specific corridors and ensure needs of such areas are met. Ridgeland’s other overlay district is at Old Towne, on West Jackson Street.
Smith said ZONE members had not explained why they did not want to appeal Ridgeland’s decision on Hyatt after they repeatedly threatened to do so.
“I haven’t discussed it with my people,” he said. “And it’s not up to me.”
ZONE, or Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement, maintains Ridgeland ignores its own ordinances, such as allowing buildings to be constructed higher than four stories, and contends Bailey continues to receive favorable treatment for “a bill of goods.”
“But height is just one of the issues,” Smith said. “There are a lot of different things. Here you have a city that gives a building permit for a six-story permit when they didn’t get an exemption for it. That is gross negligence or willful for the sake of economic development. There’s nothing right with what they’re trying to do over there, and they know it.”
Ridgeland officials deny the allegations, claiming exceptions have been made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the community.
Aldermen’s vote March 18 followed a unanimous vote days earlier by the city’s Zoning and Planning Board to allow Hyatt Place to build six stories instead of four.
Smith railed against Ridgeland officials after that board March 6 recommended granting Hyatt a special exception and conditional use permit to continue building the six-story structure, calling the decision unjustified and accusing the city of “purposely circumventing their ordinances to allow this to go on or because they don’t have a zoning administrator and don’t know what they’re doing.”
Hyatt sought a conditional use permit to build six stories instead of four, the maximum height for buildings in that area of Colony Park. The hotel had already been built to six stories before the variance was requested.
ZONE member Janet Clark said before the March 18 vote the group would file an appeal if aldermen accepted the Zoning Board’s variance recommendation. However, no ZONE members attended the board meeting and no one opposed officials’ decision.
Special exception granted for six-story hotel
March 7, 2008
Special exception granted for six-story hotel
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
Members of the Ridgeland Planning and Zoning Board voted Thursday to recommend that city officials approve a special exception and conditional use permit for a six-story hotel.
In a unanimous decision, the zoning board recommended the petition for Hyatt Place Hotel be approved by the Board of Aldermen. The earliest aldermen can consider Hyatt’s petition is March 18, at their regularly scheduled meeting, city Community Development Director Alan Hart has said.
Located in mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park, hotel construction is ongoing and is expected to be complete this fall.
The special exception and conditional use would allow developers to build the hotel higher than four stories tall, which is the maximum height allowance on a building in a C-4 zone.
Site plans for Hyatt were first approved by the zoning board in May 2006, but the meeting did not meet the criteria for a public hearing because there was no public notice -- making Thursday’s public hearing necessary.
Renaissance developer H.C. “Buster” Bailey said he was optimistic about the outcome of Thursday’s hearing since an exception was granted unanimously by the zoning board in 2006.
Special exception granted for six-story hotel
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
Members of the Ridgeland Planning and Zoning Board voted Thursday to recommend that city officials approve a special exception and conditional use permit for a six-story hotel.
In a unanimous decision, the zoning board recommended the petition for Hyatt Place Hotel be approved by the Board of Aldermen. The earliest aldermen can consider Hyatt’s petition is March 18, at their regularly scheduled meeting, city Community Development Director Alan Hart has said.
Located in mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park, hotel construction is ongoing and is expected to be complete this fall.
The special exception and conditional use would allow developers to build the hotel higher than four stories tall, which is the maximum height allowance on a building in a C-4 zone.
Site plans for Hyatt were first approved by the zoning board in May 2006, but the meeting did not meet the criteria for a public hearing because there was no public notice -- making Thursday’s public hearing necessary.
Renaissance developer H.C. “Buster” Bailey said he was optimistic about the outcome of Thursday’s hearing since an exception was granted unanimously by the zoning board in 2006.
Madison County Journal | Plan could dictate parkway growth
Madison County Journal | Plan could dictate parkway growth: "Thursday, February 28, 2008
Plan could dictate parkway growth
By ANDREW UJIFUSA
Assistant Managing Editor
Thursday, February 28, 2008
RIDGELAND - A comprehensive plan for the Colony Park development along Highland Colony Parkway is in the preliminary stages after developer H.C. 'Buster' Bailey held meetings with city aldermen recently to discuss the matter.
The plan, which could become an 'overlay district' similar to the Olde Towne development on Jackson Street, could govern everything from building height to landscaping, green space and traffic control and could be ready by early summer, according to Mayor Gene McGee.
The goal would be to create strong but flexible guidelines for smart development in Colony Park, a $500 million, 450-acre development that stretches from Old Agency Road to Lake Castle Road along the Parkway.
But some residents living west of the Parkway, many of whom opposed the 13-story office building at 200 Renaissance developed by Bailey and approved last year, remain skeptical about Bailey's willingness to open up such a plan to public input and debate.
Bailey initially raised the idea of creating a comprehensive plan for Colony Park last October, after the 13-story building set to house the Butler Snow law firm and Horne CPA Group was"
Plan could dictate parkway growth
By ANDREW UJIFUSA
Assistant Managing Editor
Thursday, February 28, 2008
RIDGELAND - A comprehensive plan for the Colony Park development along Highland Colony Parkway is in the preliminary stages after developer H.C. 'Buster' Bailey held meetings with city aldermen recently to discuss the matter.
The plan, which could become an 'overlay district' similar to the Olde Towne development on Jackson Street, could govern everything from building height to landscaping, green space and traffic control and could be ready by early summer, according to Mayor Gene McGee.
The goal would be to create strong but flexible guidelines for smart development in Colony Park, a $500 million, 450-acre development that stretches from Old Agency Road to Lake Castle Road along the Parkway.
But some residents living west of the Parkway, many of whom opposed the 13-story office building at 200 Renaissance developed by Bailey and approved last year, remain skeptical about Bailey's willingness to open up such a plan to public input and debate.
Bailey initially raised the idea of creating a comprehensive plan for Colony Park last October, after the 13-story building set to house the Butler Snow law firm and Horne CPA Group was"
Madison County Journal | Height of hotel sparks dispute
Madison County Journal | Height of hotel sparks dispute: "Cancel
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Height of hotel sparks dispute
By ANDREW UJIFUSA
Assistant Managing Editor
Thursday, February 28, 2008
RIDGELAND - A new dispute over the height of the future Hyatt Hotel at the Renaissance development could be incorporated into a pending appeal of a controversial 13-story office building.
Lawson Hester, an attorney working on behalf of city residents appealing the city's approval the 13-story building at 200 Renaissance, said the March 6 public hearing on the height of the Hyatt Hotel makes it clear that the city has continued to show disregard for its own regulations and strengthens the case against 200 Renaissance.
Hester and others in Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement (Z.O.N.E.) argue that the public hearing on the building's height before the city Planning and Zoning Commission is meaningless window-dressing.
'On the one hand, you have the city violating its ordinances to allow the construction of a building, and you have the city on the other hand allowing the building to be built without any approval,' Hester said.
He indicated that if the city ended up approving the conditional use for the Hyatt's height, the decision would be appealed.
Mayor Gene McGee, however, claims the March 6 hearing is an attempt"
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Height of hotel sparks dispute
By ANDREW UJIFUSA
Assistant Managing Editor
Thursday, February 28, 2008
RIDGELAND - A new dispute over the height of the future Hyatt Hotel at the Renaissance development could be incorporated into a pending appeal of a controversial 13-story office building.
Lawson Hester, an attorney working on behalf of city residents appealing the city's approval the 13-story building at 200 Renaissance, said the March 6 public hearing on the height of the Hyatt Hotel makes it clear that the city has continued to show disregard for its own regulations and strengthens the case against 200 Renaissance.
Hester and others in Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement (Z.O.N.E.) argue that the public hearing on the building's height before the city Planning and Zoning Commission is meaningless window-dressing.
'On the one hand, you have the city violating its ordinances to allow the construction of a building, and you have the city on the other hand allowing the building to be built without any approval,' Hester said.
He indicated that if the city ended up approving the conditional use for the Hyatt's height, the decision would be appealed.
Mayor Gene McGee, however, claims the March 6 hearing is an attempt"
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Hyatt Place -- Public hearing on hotel zoning is March 6
mcherald.com: Serving Madison County, Mississippi: "February 26, 2008
Public hearing on hotel zoning is March 6
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
PLAN TO ATTEND
The Hyatt Place Hotel public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. March 6 at Ridgeland City Hall.
Hyatt Place Hotel representatives are seeking a special exception conditional use permit from the city of Ridgeland to continue building their six-story hotel at mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park.
But they'll have to go through members of Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement first, say the group of Ridgeland residents opposed to the hotel.
ZONE members say Hyatt representatives did not undergo proper procedure for a special exception to allow the building to be built more than four stories tall, which is the maximum height allowance for a building in Ridgeland in a C-4 zone, according to the city's zoning ordinances.
'They didn't get the exception that they are required to get with a public hearing,' said ZONE member Janet Clark, 'and we're very upset about that. We're going to oppose the Hyatt Place Hotel.'
The public hearing on the special exception for the hotel will be held at 6 p.m. March 6 at Ridgeland City Hall.
Construction on the hotel is ongoing. It's among 75 acres of restaurants, retail sto"
Public hearing on hotel zoning is March 6
By Leah Square
leah.square@mcherald.com
PLAN TO ATTEND
The Hyatt Place Hotel public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. March 6 at Ridgeland City Hall.
Hyatt Place Hotel representatives are seeking a special exception conditional use permit from the city of Ridgeland to continue building their six-story hotel at mixed-use development Renaissance at Colony Park.
But they'll have to go through members of Zoning Ordinances Need Enforcement first, say the group of Ridgeland residents opposed to the hotel.
ZONE members say Hyatt representatives did not undergo proper procedure for a special exception to allow the building to be built more than four stories tall, which is the maximum height allowance for a building in Ridgeland in a C-4 zone, according to the city's zoning ordinances.
'They didn't get the exception that they are required to get with a public hearing,' said ZONE member Janet Clark, 'and we're very upset about that. We're going to oppose the Hyatt Place Hotel.'
The public hearing on the special exception for the hotel will be held at 6 p.m. March 6 at Ridgeland City Hall.
Construction on the hotel is ongoing. It's among 75 acres of restaurants, retail sto"
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