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Volume XXVI - Number 17 Leesburg, Georgia - - December 25, 2003 Fifty Cents
are proposed in this section.
16 acres in Parcel B-7 will be
for institutional use. With 5000
square feet per acre, 80,000
square feet will be allocated for
institutional use.
33 acres in Parcel B-8 will be
designated for mid/high single
family. With four units per acre,
132 mid/high single family
units can be constructed.
40 acres in Parcel B-9 will be
designated for mid single fam
ily. With three units per acre,
120 mid single family units
could be constructed.
46 acres in Parcel B-10 will be
designated for low single fam
ily. With two units per acre, 92
low single family houses could
be constructed.
A minimum setback of 25
feet will be provided from any
perimeter property line. All
utilities will be underground.
On street parking is applicable
in all cases to required parking
yields. A landscaping and tree
planting program will be incor
porated to enhance the project.
Sidewalks will be on at least
one of residential roads and
both sides of other uses.
The proposed development
standards for the first phase for
high single family residential
includes a maximum density
of five units per acre with lot
sizes of 50 x 115. The mini
mum heated floor area is 1000
square feet. A one car garage is
included along with a mini
mum of two parking spaces per
unit. On-street parking may
be counted towards parking
requirements.
The proposed development
standards for mid/high single
family residential includes a
maximum density of four units
per acre with lot sizes of 60 x
115. The minimum heated floor
area is 1150 square feet. A one
car garage is included along
with a minimum of two parking
spaces per two and three bed
room units. On-street parking
may be counted towards park
ing requirements.
The Leesburg City Council
will conduct a public hearing
and vote on the rezoning request
during their meeting January 6
which begins at 7:00 p.m.
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Sheriff’s
Lee County Sheriff Harold
Breeden reports that officers
with the sheriff’s office worked
several cases and incidents
during the past week includ
ing cases involving speeding,
D.U.I., theft by shoplifting,
simple assault, possession of
methamphetamine, possession
of marijuana less than an ounce,
possession of cocaine, posses
sion of a sawed off shotgun,
possession of a silencer, pos
session of a firearm during the
commission of a felony, false
imprisonment, and disorderly
while intoxicated.
Billy Joe Cook, Jr., 27, 1042
Philema Road North, Leesburg,
was charged with speeding 62
m.p.h. in a 45 speed zone and
D.U.I. first offense by Lt. Lyle J.
Mathis December 21. Lt. Mathis
met Mr. Cook on Philema Road
and clocked him at 59 m.p.h.
and then checked him on the
rear radar antennae. After stop
ping Mr. Cook and while Lt.
Mathis was asking Cook for
his license, he detected a strong
odor of some type of alcoholic
beverage on Cook’s breath. He
submitted to a roadside alco-
sensor test which was positive.
Christopher Ray Doggett,
23, of 1311 Louise Street,
Albany and Michael Doggett,
17, of 1311 Louise Street, were
charged with theft by taking
December 20. Officer Adam
Darrah was told by a Wal-Mart
personnel who arrested the pair
that they were charged with
shoplifting an air freshener
valued at 92 cents. Both subjects
were transported to the county
jail and advised not to return to
Wal-Mart. The store employee
took a warrant for their arrests.
Silas Williams, 78, of 447
Grey Moss Road, Desoto,
Georgia, was charged with
Report
simple assault December 20 by
Officer Larry McDuffie Jr. Of
ficer McDuffie was dispatched
to a Grey Moss residence in
reference to a domestic problem
See Sheriff,
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Early Deadline
The Lee County Ledger will be going
to press early next week. All
advertisers and writers are asked
to be aware of the early deadline
which will be Friday December 26
for the New Year's paper.
Citizens Honored By
Smithville City Council
Lee County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit
Makes Drug Trafficking Arrests
The Lee County Sheriff’s a Xanax pill, a small amount magnum revolver were also
Office Narcotics Unit arrested of marijuana and a loaded .357 located in the vehicle.
Brady Cagle, 32, of 161 Duran
Road, Sylvester, and Diana L.
Burrell, 34, of 369 B Sportsman
Club Road, Leesburg, Decem
ber 18 on drug related charges.
Brady Cagle was charged with
trafficking cocaine, posses
sion of marijuana less than an
ounce, possession testosterone
(a Schedule III Drug), posses
sion of Alprazolam (a Schedule
IV Drug), use of a communica
tion facility to facilitate a drug
transaction.
Diana L. Burrell was charged
with trafficking cocaine, pos
session of Schedule IV drug
(Alprazolam), possession of
marijuana less than an ounce,
possession of cocaine and pos
session of a firearm during the
commission of a felony.
Narcotics investigators
received information that
Cage and Burrell were selling
cocaine. The Narcotics Unit set
up surveillance on the location
where they were reportedly sell
ing drugs.
Another tip informed the
narcotics unit that a sale was
imminent and when the pair ar
rived they were stopped.
Over 62 grams (two plus
ounces) of cocaine valued at
over $7,000 were found in their
vehicle. Four vials of steroids,
The Lee County - Leesburg
- Smithville Planning Com
mission approved a rezoning
request from Flo-Rob, Inc. and
Stovall-Lee, Inc. The rezon
ing request was to rezone land
off of Robert B. Lee Drive in
Leesburg from C-l, C-2 and Ag
to RM to include residential and
commercial.
The first phase of the develop
ment of 275 acres. The rezoning
request is for 750 acres. The
first phase include 12 alloca
tions of land use.
45 acres in Parcel A-l will
be devoted to commercial and
retail use. This will allow up to
450,000 square feet of commer
cial and retail space.
25 acres in Parcel A-2 will be
designed for multi-family. With
16 units per acre, 400 multi
family units are proposed.
17 acres in Parcel B-l will
also be designated for multi
family. With 16 units per acre,
272 multi-family units are
proposed.
Eight acres in Parcel B-2 will
be designated for town homes.
With eight units per acres, 64
town homes are proposed.
18 acres in Parcel B-3 will be
designated for high single fam
ily. With eight units per acre,
90 high single family units are
proposed.
Two acres in Parcel B-4 will
be designated for institutional
use. With 5,000 square feet per
acres, this will allow up 10,000
square feet of land use for insti
tutional purpose.
22 acres in Parcel B-5 will
be for mixed use. With 20,000
square feet density per acres,
this will allow up to 440,000
square feet for mixed use.
Three acres in Parcel B-6 will
be for town homes. With eight
units per acre, 24 townhouses
The Smithville City Council
presented Certificates of Ap
preciation to several Smithville
citizens during their meeting
last Thursday night. The citi
zens received their recognition
by Mayor Jerry Myrick and the
council for outstanding citizen
ship for the City of Smithville
for their efforts in controlling a
fire last month at the home of
Gussie Bess.
The council voted to award
a bid in the amount of $10,200
to repair the entire roof of the
city hall. The council had earlier
awarded the bid to another com
pany but the work was not com
pleted. In the mean time, the
roof has begun leaking over the
library portion of the building
causing damage to the carpet.
The council approved the new
bid with the understanding that
work would begin on the roof
before more serious damage
occurs.
During the month of No
vember, the City of Smithville
collected $2048 in fines.
Councilman Vicent Cutts was
Photo by Derryl Quinn
Smithville Mayor Jerry Myrick presented certificates to Smithville residents for
their efforts in controlling a house fire last month. Pictured with Mayor Myrick
are Ruby Hawkins, who accepted the certificates for Ruben French and Carrie
Thomas, Jerome Waters and Kirk Robinson. Wesley Floyd was not present to
receive his certificate.
reappointed to serve n the Re
gional Development Board.
The council discussed enforc
ing clean-up of Virginia Carter’s
lot where a mobile home was
moved.
Proposed R.B. Lee
Development Includes
Residential And Commercial
