POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) – Pooler’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 Monday to recommend denying a rezoning request tied to a major mixed-use project known as “The District,” citing concerns about traffic and the scale of the proposed residential buildout.
The request involves three parcels totaling about 116 acres near Pooler Parkway and Pine Barren Road. The applicant, Robert Forrest, is seeking to remove the property from the Jabot Planned Unit Development and rezone it to the city’s C-2 heavy commercial district.
City staff recommended denial in the agenda packet, writing that the proposal “does not comply with the required criteria for a zoning map amendment.” Staff also cited the existing cap on multi-family units within the Jabot PUD…