The McDonough City Council voted Dec. 10 to approve a highway commercial rezoning request for a 4.57-acre site on South Point Blvd.

The property was previously zoned RTD (residential townhouse district). Also approved was a zoning modification request for a 30-foot sign variance to allow a 100-foot sign along the I-75 corridor off Avalon Parkway for Hampton Inn and Tru by Hilton.

A public hearing regarding an annexation and rezoning request for a 61-acre site on Lake Dow Road was postponed until the first quarter of 2019 at the request of the applicant’s legal counsel. A separate hearing on a proposed zoning modification for 12 acres on Decatur Road was also postponed until the first quarter of 2019 at the applicant’s request.

A rezoning request with variances for a townhome development on5 Hampton Street was removed from the agenda and remanded to the Planning Commission for a recommendation.

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