8/9/2021 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes
GORDON COUNTY
PLANNING and ZONING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
AUGUST 9, 2021
The Gordon County Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on Monday, August 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in Calhoun’s Gem Theater across from the Gordon County Administration Building for the purpose of hearing variance and zoning change requests.
Members present were:
Randy Rule, Eddie Smith, Jerry Lovelace, Nathan Serritt, and Sabrina Poole
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 July 12, 2021. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The minutes were approved as written.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z21-13, TOA QUOC NGUYEN, (applicant); SPRINGBANK, LLC (owner)
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z21-13, Toa Quoc Nguyen (appl.), Springbank, LLC (owner). Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator, announced that the applicant request to table the application until the September 13, 2021 meeting because the Environmental Impact study is not yet complete. Nathan Serritt made the motion to table the request until the September 13, 2021 meeting. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The application was tabled until the September 13, 2021 meeting.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V21-14, KENNETH & AMANDA MCCOY
Chairman Rule read variance application #V21-14, Kenneth and Amanda McCoy, requesting a variance on a 1 acre and a 3.45 acre tract located at 421 and 423 Dutton Community Road, Adairsville. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are asking for a variance to reduce the county road requirements to 25 feet for the existing house and adjacent lot. They explained that had purchased the existing house and 1 acre and the adjacent 3.45 acres back in 2015 and were not aware that the property was not zoned correctly or did not have the proper road frontage and now they would like to build a home for their parents on the adjacent lot and bring the two tracts into compliance with road frontage. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Nathan Serritt made the motion to approve the variance application identified as #V21-14 to allow access to 421 & 423 Dutton Community Road, Adairsville by a 25 foot easement road. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z21-19, KENNETH & AMANDA MCCOY
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z21-19, Kenneth and Amanda McCoy, requesting to rezone 3.45 acres located at 421 Dutton Community Rd., Adairsville from A-1 to RA-1. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy explained that they would like to build a small home for their aging parents. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Eddie Smith made the motion to approve the rezoning application identified as #Z21-19 from A-1 to RA-1. Nathan Serritt seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z21-20, KENNETH & AMANDA MCCOY
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z21-20, Kenneth and Amanda McCoy, requesting to rezone 1 acre located at 423 Dutton Community Rd., Adairsville from A-1 to R-1. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy explained that they would like to reclassify to residential to bring into compliance this 13 year old home that had been subdivide from a larger tract years ago. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Nathan Serritt made the motion to approve the rezoning application identified as #Z21-20 from A-1 to R-1. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V21-15, SON NGUYEN
Chairman Rule read variance application #V21-15, Son Nguyen, requesting a variance on a 4.354 acre tract located at 5160 Nickelsville Road, Resaca. No one was present to represent the application. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Sabrina Poole made the motion to table the variance application identified as #V21-15 until the September 13, 2021 meeting. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was tabled until the September 13, 2021 meeting.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V21-16, CFL HOLDINGS USA, LLC (appl.) DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF GORDON COUNTY (owner)
Chairman Rule read variance application #V21-16, CFL Holdings USA, LLC (appl.) Development Authority of Gordon County (owner), requesting to increase height requirements on 63.15 acres located at corner of Highway 41 South and Trimble Hollow Road. Terry Brumlow, a local attorney, represented the request explaining that a variance from building height of 60 feet in I-2 zonings is needed to allow for high capacity silos to support new and efficient high speed production equipment. Said silos with equipment should reach a height of 100 feet. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Nathan Serritt made the motion to approve the variance application identified as #V21-16 to allow silos with equipment not to exceed a height of 100 feet with the stipulation that FAA guidelines are met due to the proximity of Tom B. David Airport as well as all applicable fire and life safety codes that apply to silos. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The variance was granted. The thirty-(30) day appeal period was explained.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
There being no additional business, Nathan Serritt made the motion to adjourn. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
