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The Truitt Preserve 68-unit residential development is planned across from North Macon Presbyterian Church on Rivoli Drive to the corner of Bass Road.

Neighbors oppose townhomes in new subdivision at Rivoli and Bass

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning hearing interrupted by impromptu debate over public comments
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 29, 2025
Macon-Bibb County's Planning & Zoning Commission denied a request for barbed wire to protect a Burton Avenue salon from criminal elements because it is not allowed in commercial zones.

Salon, apartments seek security fencing and P&Z rejects design of downtown development

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning wants more architectural detail on apartments, retail space and parking deck behind City Hall
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 13, 2024
Engineer Kelvin Seagraves, second from right, goes over the site plan for a proposed solid waste transfer station at 4300 Mead Road during the July 24 P&Z meeting.

PZ: Substance abuse recovery expansions approved, but transfer station design needs more work

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning commissioners express concerns about trash operation proposed near Lynmore Estates playground
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 25, 2023
A proposed solid waste transfer station could be built across from the Lynmore Estates playground on Mead Road.

P&Z: Neighbors oppose transfer station, disappointed homeowner must alter fence

New Chick-fil-A approved, changes for Vineville Christian Towers and Wesleyan College plans to open new venue in downtown
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 28, 2023
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commissioner Tim Jones questions developers about planned amenities in a proposed residential cluster development off Jennifer Drive.

Concerns over wetland, amenities stall south Bibb subdivision approval

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning commissioners say the housing is needed, but neighbors raised concerns about the planned development near wetlands
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 14, 2023
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission ruled the owner of the Georgia Avenue "Wet Willie House" must remove the historically inappropriate double-door and standing mailbox near the front porch.

P&Z rules owner of historic home must redo ‘inappropriate’ renovation

Changes made to the old ‘Wet Willie’ house on Georgia Avenue came without prior approval from Design Review Board and P&Z
May 23, 2023
The old Holiday Inn off Riverside Drive in north Macon will become a 95-unit affordable housing apartment complex under plans approved by P&Z.

P&Z: Old Holiday Inn to be apartments; new use for Westgate parking lot

Macon Housing Authority shelves East Bank apartments and proposed solid waste transfer station proposal deferred two weeks
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 9, 2023
Dozens of neighbors packed into the April 24 Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission meeting to oppose a new subdivision on Walden Road.

330 people oppose rezoning farmland for 164 new homes on Walden Road

A standing-room-only crowd packed the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission hearing trying to preserve nearly 97 acres as agricultural, not residential
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 26, 2023
The Big House Museum intends to submit a second landscaping proposal for the property after P&Z rejected last year's plans.

Vineville neighbors oppose The Big House Allman Brothers Museum’s new zoning definition

Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approved the museum’s amendment that could allow special events in the county’s historic residential districts
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 12, 2023
After the required six-month waiting period, Next Step Recovery Ministries received Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning approval to build a new two-story building for staff quarters and amenities for program residents in the 4400 block of Houston Ave.

South Bibb neighbors thwart commercial encroachment

Macon-Bibb P&Z also allows group home expansion, travel trailer park and OKs altered plans for River Edge neighborhood off Bloomfield 
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 28, 2023
The Macon-Bibb Design Review Board did not sign off on the lights and awning when this Wells Fargo ATM on Second Street was first approved in 2021.

P&Z rule change would allow Intown Macon room rentals; downtown ATM runs afoul of Design Review Board

The Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission is revising, refining and updating its code
Liz Fabian, Civic Jouralism Senior Fellow
March 14, 2023
Cassidy and Alex Mims went before the Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission last summer pleading commissioners  to allow them to keep the renovations on their home, which violate historic district guidelines.

Historic homes’ hidden costs, regulatory headaches catch folks off guard

Macon-Bibb’s Design Review Board routinely sees owners who run afoul of historic district guidelines and fail to seek required approvals
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 3, 2023
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