6/12/2017 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes
GORDON COUNTY
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
JUNE 12, 2017
The Gordon County Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Gordon County Administration Building for the purpose of hearing variance and zoning change requests.
Members present were:
Randy Rule, Jerry Lovelace, Nathan Serritt, and Eddie Smith
Randy Rule called the meeting to order and advised all present of the sign-up sheets available for those who wish to address the Planning Commission on any of the zoning or variance change applications.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Jerry Lovelace to approve the minutes of the previous meeting of May 8, 2017. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The minutes were approved as written.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-05 & REZONING APPLICATION #Z17-09, STANLEY SIMPSON
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-05 and rezoning application #Z17-09, Stanley Simpson for a 1.47 acre tract located at 5200 Fairmount Hwy., Calhoun. Mr. Simpson represented the request explaining that he had rezoned this same tract with the existing structure a few months ago to CH, but he had received more interest in rental for residential property than for rental of office space and/or a used car lot, so now he would like to rezone back to R-4 and use it as a rental duplex. The reason he is asking for the variance is to remain on the existing septic system and not have to connect to the city sewage system because it would be a huge financial burden. He also added that if he had to connect to the city sewage it would have to be run about a half a mile and the cost would be around $50,000 so it was more cost efficient to add another septic system so each unit would have their own septic tank. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-05 be approved as requested and on the rezoning request identified as Application #Z17-09 it is recommended for approval from CH to R-4.
On variance request #V17-05, Eddie Smith made the motion to approve as requested. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
On rezoning request #Z17-09, Jerry Lovelace made the motion to approve the rezoning request from CH to R-4. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-06, RON HAGGARD
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-06, Ron Haggard requesting a variance on a 1 acre tract located at 173 Newtown Church Road, Calhoun. Mr. Haggard represented the request explaining that he had already built the 800 square foot metal garage because he was told by a friend that he didn’t need a building permit for a metal structure, so now he needs to ask for a 300 foot variance to the required 500 foot maximum for a metal structure. It was also added that he needed a structure large enough to house his camper. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-06 be approved.
Eddie Smith made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-06 as requested. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-07, J. HALEY STEPHENS
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-07, J. Haley Stephens requesting a variance on a 10.33 acre tract located at 3217 Red Bud Road, Calhoun. Mr. Stephens represented the request explaining that he would like a variance to increase the required 500 feet maximum for a metal structure to 1200 square feet for a garage large enough for his vehicles, so he needed a 700 square foot variance. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-07 be approved.
Nathan Serritt made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-07 as requested. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-08, JASON MULLINS
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-08, Jason Mullins requesting a variance on a .53 acre tract located at 196 Dixie Drive, Calhoun. Mr. Mullins represented the request explaining that he would like a variance to decrease the required side set back requirements for a 16×28 garage addition that would be 6 feet from the side setback of the property line. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-08 be approved.
Jerry Lovelace made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-08 as requested. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-09, CHERYL JOHNSTON
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-09, Cheryl Johnston requesting a variance on a 6.02 acre tract located at 476 Union Grove Church Road, Calhoun. Ms. Johnston represented the request explaining that she would like a variance to increase the required 500 feet maximum for a metal structure to 1152 square feet for a storage building to un-clutter her house and have somewhere to put her stuff, so she needed a 652 square foot variance. Dianne Williams, an adjoining property, owner spoke in opposition to the variance. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-09 be approved.
Jerry Lovelace made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-09 as requested. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-10, FIREHOUSE SUBS. (Applicant: Southern Advertising & Sign Service, LLC)
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-10, Firehouse Subs requesting a variance on a .52 acre tract located at 1131 S. Wall Street, Calhoun. Tony Brown, with Southern Advertising & Sign Service, LLC represented the request explaining that they would like a variance of 6 feet to increase the square footage of the sign from the required 50 square feet to 56 square feet and will be using the existing pole from the previous business sign. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as Application #V17-10 be approved.
Nathan Serritt made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-10 as requested. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z17-10, LINDA J. HOBGOOD (Applicant: Pam Duckworth)
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z17-10, Linda J. Hobgood (applicant: Pam Duckworth), requesting to rezone a 1.38 acre tract located at the corner of Cherry Street and Linda Lane, Calhoun from A-1 to R-4. Ms. Duckworth represented the request explaining that this property belongs to her mother and she wants to rezone this property to be able to build in the next 2-3 years 3 duplex living quarters. Area property owners that spoke in opposition to this rezoning change were Cherrie Farmer, Jackie Clayton and Elise Fain. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the rezoning request identified as Application #Z17-10 be denied to maintain and protect the established single-family area and due to the lack of being able to obtain public sewage.
Jerry Lovelace made the motion to deny the rezoning application identified as #Z17-10 from A-1 to R-4. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for denial was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
There being no additional business, Eddie Smith made the motion to adjourn. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
