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"
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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