Pickens County planning commission recommends multiple rezoning requests, forwards files to commissioners
January 08, 2024 | Pickens County, Georgia
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The Pickens County Planning Commission reviewed multiple rezoning applications and recommended that the Board of Commissioners consider approvals on several items at its next meeting.
Key outcomes:
- RZ190592 (Brandon Kent): Staff presented a 2.31-acre RR-to-SR rezoning to allow two existing dwellings to be split into separate parcels. The applicant said no new construction is planned; the commission voted to recommend approval and forward the file to the Board.
- RZ190593 (5.71 acres): Staff recommended rezoning from agriculture to suburban residential to enable a future single-family site; neighbors who spoke generally supported the request and the commission recommended approval.
- RZ190597 (Bagwell and Spears LLC, 33.61 acres): Applicant described a proposed nine-lot gated subdivision with private roads and wells, roughly three acres per lot. Commissioners and staff discussed road standards, septic feasibility and covenant language; the commission recommended approval with the discussed conditions to be included in the staff report to the Board.
- RZ190608 (Amanda Lewis, 4.26 acres): Petitioners and neighbors raised access and mailbox issues; the commission recommended approval and directed staff to include relevant access notes in the record.
- RZ190609 (Portable Investments LLC, 17.447 acres): Applicant proposed two buildable lots with deed restrictions forbidding further subdivision; the commission recommended approval and reiterated that DOT controls driveway access.
- RZ190610 (Stevens, 11.89 acres): A request to rezone from Highway Business to Agriculture was recommended for approval; the applicant noted prior site uses (former go-kart track) and said plans would not dramatically change the site's character.
Staff repeatedly reminded speakers that the planning commission is a recommending body; all recommended rezones will be forwarded with staff memos, the video record and testimony for final consideration by the Board of Commissioners. No final Board vote occurred at this meeting.
What’s next: Staff will file the commission’s recommendations and the hearing record for Board review; the Board of Commissioners will schedule those items for decision on its agenda.
Key outcomes:
- RZ190592 (Brandon Kent): Staff presented a 2.31-acre RR-to-SR rezoning to allow two existing dwellings to be split into separate parcels. The applicant said no new construction is planned; the commission voted to recommend approval and forward the file to the Board.
- RZ190593 (5.71 acres): Staff recommended rezoning from agriculture to suburban residential to enable a future single-family site; neighbors who spoke generally supported the request and the commission recommended approval.
- RZ190597 (Bagwell and Spears LLC, 33.61 acres): Applicant described a proposed nine-lot gated subdivision with private roads and wells, roughly three acres per lot. Commissioners and staff discussed road standards, septic feasibility and covenant language; the commission recommended approval with the discussed conditions to be included in the staff report to the Board.
- RZ190608 (Amanda Lewis, 4.26 acres): Petitioners and neighbors raised access and mailbox issues; the commission recommended approval and directed staff to include relevant access notes in the record.
- RZ190609 (Portable Investments LLC, 17.447 acres): Applicant proposed two buildable lots with deed restrictions forbidding further subdivision; the commission recommended approval and reiterated that DOT controls driveway access.
- RZ190610 (Stevens, 11.89 acres): A request to rezone from Highway Business to Agriculture was recommended for approval; the applicant noted prior site uses (former go-kart track) and said plans would not dramatically change the site's character.
Staff repeatedly reminded speakers that the planning commission is a recommending body; all recommended rezones will be forwarded with staff memos, the video record and testimony for final consideration by the Board of Commissioners. No final Board vote occurred at this meeting.
What’s next: Staff will file the commission’s recommendations and the hearing record for Board review; the Board of Commissioners will schedule those items for decision on its agenda.
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