Royston rezones College Street parcel for proposed home

Royston City Council unanimously approved the rezoning of 119 College Street from Highway Business to Residential R-2 in March 2025, clearing the parcel for the requested use of a site-built home under the city’s residential rules. Councilman Phillips made the motion, Councilman Hodges seconded it, and the measure passed 6-0, according to the meeting minutes.

The decision changes the governing use category for one College Street property from a business-oriented Highway Business district to R-2 residential zoning. For the owner and neighbors, the practical question is whether the parcel can proceed as a residential site rather than remain subject to the former business classification; the council vote answers the zoning question, not every step required to build or occupy a home.

The matter reached the council through a public-hearing process. A city agenda scheduled a hearing for March 11, 2025, at 5:15 p.m., on the request to change 119 College Street from HB to R-2; the agenda also listed public comment and closure of the hearing. Later March minutes record the council’s approval, turning the request from a proposed zoning change into an enacted one. The approval minutes identify the month, but not the meeting’s exact date.

The recorded council action identifies the applicant’s stated objective as a site-built home and shows unanimous support from the six voting council members. Phillips and Hodges are specifically named in the minutes for moving and seconding the approval. The agenda provided a public-comment portion during the hearing, but the documents do not describe any comments, objections, conditions or separate positions from nearby residents, the owner or planning staff.

The rezoning itself is completed: 119 College Street is approved for Residential R-2 rather than Highway Business, for the stated residential purpose. That is distinct from implementation. The council materials do not establish that plans have been filed, a building permit has been issued, work has started, or a home has been completed, and they do not state whether any additional city approvals will be needed.

The next public indication of follow-through would be a city zoning, property, permit or development record tied to 119 College Street and its R-2 designation. Until such a record appears, the unresolved questions are whether the owner submits plans, whether permits are granted and when—if at all—the proposed site-built home moves ahead.