9/10/2012 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes
GORDON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
The Gordon County Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on Monday, September 10, 2012 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.
Chairman Talley 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 Brad Rains to approve the minutes of the previous meeting of July 9, 2012. Ron Free seconded the motion. All voted aye. The minutes were approved as written.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V12-02 & REZONING APPLICATION #Z12-02, C.W. Barrett (applicant: Outdoor Media Group)
Chairman Talley read variance application #V12-02 and rezoning application #Z12-02, C.W. Barrett (applicant: Outdoor Media Group), requesting 4 variances and the rezoning of 1 acre, from C-G to C-H, located at 1966 Rome Road, S.W., Calhoun for the purpose of relocating existing billboard because the Georgia D.O.T. is building the Southern Calhoun Bypass. Charles Dixon with Outdoor Media Group represented the applications explaining that they would like to relocate the sign and keep the existing size of the billboard at 672 square feet instead of the required 300 square feet maximum sign area, height to be 40 feet instead of the required 30 feet, to be 2 feet off right of way instead of required 50 feet, and to be placed 268 feet from a residence instead of the required 500 feet. The reason for the zoning change is to bring property into compliance. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Desrosier, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the variance request identified as #V12-02 be denied with concerns of site distance if placement is 2 feet off right of way. On rezoning request #Z12-02, recommendation is for approval.
On variance application #V-1202, Ron Free made the motion to approve all the variances with the exception of the size; he wants the sign to be 300 square feet. Randy Rule seconded the motion. Brad Rains and Ricky Smith were opposed to the motion. Chairman Talley voted against the motion. Motion dies.
Chairman Talley asks for another motion to be brought to the floor. Ricky Smith made the motion to approve all variances as requested. Brad Rains seconded the motion. Ron Free and Randy Rule were opposed to the motion. Chairman Talley voted with the motion. The vote was 3-2 to approve. The variance was granted. The thirty- (30) day appeal period was explained.
On rezoning request #Z12-02, Brad Rains made the motion to approve the rezoning from C-G to C-H as requested. Ron Free seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V12-03 & REZONING APPLICATION #Z12-03, Paul Hollander – Hollander Corporation
Chairman Talley read variance application #V12-03 and rezoning application #Z12-03, Paul Hollander with Hollander Corporation requesting a variance and rezoning of 1.05 acres, from A-1 to I-1, on property located on Union Grove Road, Calhoun for the purpose of future construction. The reason for the variance is to reduce the required 100 foot buffer strip on all sides to 20 feet. The front 3 acre tract was rezoned in 1999 to I-1 and a variance was granted to reduce the buffer strip for the Hollander Corporation. Due to the construction of the Southern Calhoun Bypass, the Georgia D.O.T. has bought a .552 acre tract and then a .50 acre tract in the front of the property. Mr. Hollander and Maddie Hollander represented the request explaining that shortly after acquiring the rezoning and variance in 1999 rumors of the Southern Calhoun Bypass started and they did not want to construct a new building if a bypass coming through would be an issue, so they have been leasing a warehouse on Marine Drive to operate from and just waiting the see what would happen with the bypass. They just found out last year that the bypass was to actually be constructed and they have purchased 2 additional parcels from Ted King to bring their property back to 3 acres after the D.O.T.’s purchase of the original front of the property. They need the variance and rezoning on the 2 additional parcels. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Desrosier, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that both the variance request identified as #V12-03 and rezoning request identified as #Z12-03 be approved.
Randy Rule made the motion to approve both the variance request identified as #V12-03 and rezoning request identified as #Z12-03 as requested. Ron Free seconded the motion. All voted aye for approval of both request. The variance was granted. The thirty- (30) day appeal period was explained. The recommendation for approval of the rezoning request was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z12-04, INEZ D. OWENS
Chairman Talley read rezoning application #Z12-04, Inez D. Owens requesting to rezone 1 acre located at 11167 Fairmount Hwy., S.E., Fairmount, GA from C-G to I-2. Todd Bohn, with Gas Incorporated, represented the request explaining his company Gas Incorporated would like to lease this property from Ms. Owens to place a 30,000 gallon storage facility for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Mr. Bohn stated that they had to comply with all state regulations to proceed even after the rezoning is acquired. The traffic at the site would include 1 bobtail truck and 1 service truck, and then transport trucks would deliver 1-2 times per week. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Desrosier, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the rezoning request identified as Application #Z12-04 be approved.
Ricky Smith made the motion to approve the rezoning from C-G to I-2. Brad Rains seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
There being no additional business, Randy Rule made the motion to adjourn. Brad Rains seconded the motion. All voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.
