There are new developments possibly coming to an area between Gateway Drive and Cunningham Drive, the Opelika City Council announced during Tuesday's meeting. The council approved amending the zoning ordinance and map of almost 100 acres between Gateway Drive and Cunningham Drive from various zonings to a planned unit development. "The planned unit development is a mix of various uses, including commercial uses, and also several types of multifamily residential uses," City Attorney Guy Gunter III said.
According to the ordinance, the owners of the 98.8 acres of property are Gateway Development, LLC, Cornerstone, LLC and Clark-Adams Development, LLC. The owners submitted a development plan to the city that is known as the "Thomason Drive Extension Planned Unit Development.
" On March 26, the Opelika Planning Commission conducted a public hearing of the proposed development and then sent a positive recommendation for approval to the City Council. According to the ordinance, the proposed development is "a mixed-use master planned development, consisting of various commercial uses, as well as several types of multi-family residential uses with corresponding open space areas and on-site stormwater detention. Multi-family residential uses include town homes, twin homes, apartments and cottages.
Commercial uses are to be determined, but may include a shopping center, climate-controlled storage and other commercial/light industrial uses." The development will be accessed primarily fro.
