Council Approvals Will Mean New Apartments and Patrol Cars

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The City of Ellijay may be seeing new apartments off of Highway 282. According to a presentation and approval for rezoning request at 179 Courier Street. The plans, labeled Southside Loft Apartments,  shown during a presentation at the City Council indicated a much larger available space than what is planned to be used for the 50 units expected to be constructed.

Roger DuBois delivers the presentation for Rezoning 179 Courier Street (formerly Courier Dye Plant) from I-2 to R-3.

Roger delivers the presentation for Rezoning 179 Courier Street (formerly Courier Dye Plant) from I-2 to R-3.

Each unit will be a three bedroom apartment with two floors and an estimated 1,600 total square footage. The site is already prepared for city utilities as the lot was previously used for a plant, and will fully include the utilities in the rent price. It is also reported the units will be handicap accessible on the first floor.

The preliminary estimated price could range between $1,000 – $1,100 per month with all utilities included. The owners also wish to dress up the surrounding area and want to add additional amenities. While they did mention a laundry room, ball courts, a recreational pond, and a jogging track, not definite plans were confirmed for these.

In addition to the rezoning request, the City also approved a new Off Premise Consumption License Beer and Wine for Evergreen Corner Inc. doing business as Citgo Food Mart. The Mayor’s Report offered more details saying the Citgo Food Mart, located at 59 South Main, has changed ownership. The new application for the new owners was approved as all requirements had been met.

Finally, after last month’s approval by the council for the lease-purchase of two new patrol cars, the Ellijay City Council did another approval for the lease-purchase agreement as an authorizing resolution, effectively the next step in the process.

The Council also heard citizens comment during their input section, one asking if something can be done about large trucks utilizing compression engine release brakes, “Jake Brakes,” in the city limits. Though Mayor Hoyle mentioned a ban on their usage in certain areas could require an ordinance, he said he had noticed that other cities had similar ordinances.

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