Next week, the Locust Grove City Council will consider two annexations and corresponding rezoning requests along with two conditional use requests at its regular monthly business meeting, scheduled for October 7.

  Public hearings pertaining to all of these items took place at the council’s September 16 workshop meeting, at which there was no new business or action taken on any agenda items.

  The two properties slated for annexation include a 1.2-acre site at 1206 Davis Lake Road and a 10-acre tract at 387 and 397 Colvin Drive. In both instances, the applicant has requested to maintain an RA (residential-agricultural) zoning in the city as is currently zoned in the county. Each tract contains a single-family residential building along with some other structures common to properties with agricultural uses, according to a city staff report, and is served by county water and a septic tank.

  Both annexation requests were brought before the Henry County Board of Commissioners in August and no objections were raised on either one. City staff recommended approval of both annexation and rezoning requests.

    The owners of a 3.48-acres piece of property at 91 Bowden Street have requested a conditional use for a detached guest quarters. City code allows guest quarters or employee quarters provided that no more than one such unit is placed on a lot and that unit is in the rear yard. The lot must also meet the minimum area requirements for a two-family dwelling, and the guest quarters cannot be used as rental property.

  This site is within an existing single-family residential neighborhood that has similar uses nearby. The applicants just purchased the property in August. City staff recommended approval with the condition that the guest quarters comply with the intent of the Mixed Historic Neighborhood future land use designation, having similar architectural styles as the existing historic residential buildings of the district.

  Another conditional use request involves a 2.83-acre tract zoned OI (office-institutional) at 3300 Hwy. 42, at the intersection of Market Place Boulevard. This request is to allow a drive-through facility at a financial institution.

  According to city staff documents, the applicant has expressed plans to develop the site with a branch bank building fronting Hwy. 42 in the range of 2,000-3,000 square feet, along with a single-story medical office building approximately 15,000 square feet in the back of the property.