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q - The Lee County Ledger Cooooeo w m Your Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Mack and Barbara McDonald 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. BUFFALO ROCK A Child Is Born And the world is charged with love and changed forever. Office Files Weekly Doherty, Duggan & Rouse Insurors AN EMPLOYEE OWNED COMPANY Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229) 888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddrins.com joyous Vloef iffiere is room enough Jor tfie spirit oj tfie season in us aff. 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, Page 2A 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