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New hotel planned in Foley near Wolf Bay Lodge
John Mullen • Apr 07, 2023
Another Cobblestone has already been approved by Orange Beach at The Wharf
Foley, Ala. – (OBA) – Foley will hear a request for a site plan review this month for a Cobblestone Hotel and Suites to be located on the same property as Wolf Bay Lodge restaurant and the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermen’s Market.
The Foley Planning Commission will meet twice in April, first in a work session on April 12 and the regular session on April 19. Both meetings will be in council chambers at city hall at 5:30 p.m.
The new four-story hotel is planned to contain 73 guest room located at the northeast corner of Miflin Road and Koniar Way. The applicant for the project is the City of Foley Public Facilities Co-op and BriMark Builders.
This past summer Orange Beach OK’d a change in The Wharf’s planned unit development for a 63-room Cobblestone Hotel and Suites at the location of the former mini golf course.
During the meetings, the commission will also discuss:
- Two requests for site plan reviews for duplexes planned for side-by-side lots west of South Juniper Street and south of East Michigan Avenue by William Crosby and Crosby Properties. Staff will recommend approval for both site plans.
- Two requests from CGHC for site plan reviews on two duplexes one located at 308 and 310 on S. Elm St. and a second at 304 and 305 S. Elm St. and south of U.S. 98. Staff will recommend approval for both site plans.
- Goodwill of Foley’s request for a site plan review for a 50,000 square foot multi-purpose facility south of East Azalea and east of south McKenzie Street. Plans are to have a retail store, community resource center, donation center and warehouse on the 8.4-acre site. Staff will recommend approval of the site plan.
- A request from the Public Works Department for a site plan review for a 13.59-acre site to build a campus for staff in public works, engineering, commercial and residential sanitation, maintenance shop and fuel island. The property is located at the southeast corner of North Poplar and East Section Street and planning staff will recommend approval.
- Magnolia Land Co.’s request to shift a lot line change for lots one through 10 located at 307 S. McKenzie Street. This will adjust the lot line that runs east between the old Western Auto and Radio Shack buildings located north of Verbena Avenue and south of East Myrtle Avenue. Staff will recommend approval.
- A request for a minor resubdivision of lot 1B at the Old Time Pottery property located east of State Route 59 and south of Keller Road. Staff will recommend approval.
- Next to Last’s request for a preliminary approval of a 38-lot RV lot called Last Resort on 5.74 acres located south of County Road 20 and east of James Road near OWA Parks & Resort. Staff will recommend approval.
- Young Properties’ request for a minor subdivision of 6.54 acres located west of State Route 59 and south of County Road 20 and currently containing two lots. The request is to move the property between the two parcels to the west. Staff will recommend approval with conditions.
- Recommending to the mayor and council the prezoning of 619 acres to planned industrial district located south of County Road 26 and west of County Road 65 for Turf Properties for a ground-mounted solar panel farm. Once approved the property would be annexed into the city. Staff will recommend approval.
- A request for recommending to the mayor and council changes to the zoning ordinance to add rules for borrow pits for soil or other materials to be removed and used for road construction, maintenance or other similar uses. Staff will recommend approval.
- A request for an ordinance change concerning dumpster enclosures. This is a discussion item and will only be addressed in the work session.
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