10/9/2017 Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes
GORDON COUNTY
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
OCTOBER 9, 2017
The Gordon County Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on Monday, October 9, 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, Eddie Smith, and Jerry Lovelace
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 August 14, 2017. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The minutes were approved as written.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z17-14, JOHNSON GROUP PROPERTIES, LLC (Postponed from September 11, 2017)
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z17-14, Johnson Group Properties, LLC, requesting to rezone 8.69 acres located on Johnson Lake Road, Adairsville from A-1 to I-1. Jeffrey Watkins, an attorney from Cartersville, represented the request explaining that his clients would like to rezone to allow for short and/or long term truck/tractor trailer parking and that no structure shall be placed on the property at this time. The most recent tenant was Williams Pipeline. There are no plans to pave the property, and the adjoining property is already zoned as I-1 and used for truck parking. Jim Zander, an area homeowner and the representative for the neighborhood, spoke in opposition to this zoning change, with concerns of dust, traffic, there being no turn-around if the trucks miss this lot then they have to continue into the neighborhood to find a place to turn-around, creating a safety concern, and that the property had been being used for this purpose without the proper zoning. Mr. Watkins added that this zoning was consistent with the Future-land use map and other properties in the area. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the rezoning request identified as Application #Z17-14 be approved.
Jerry Lovelace made the motion to approve the rezoning application identified as #Z17-14 from A-1 to I-1. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z17-15, STEPHEN M. CHASTAIN
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z17-15, Stephen M. Chastain, requesting to rezone a 2.34 acre tract located at 374 Cochran Road, Fairmount from A-1 to RA-1. Mr. Chastain represented the request explaining that he had purchased this property from a family member off of a 46.69 acre tract to build a new home. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the rezoning request identified as Application #Z17-15 be approved.
Eddie Smith made the motion to approve the rezoning application identified as #Z17-15 from A-1 to RA-1. Jerry Lovelace seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
REZONING APPLICATION #Z17-16, ERIC S. ROWELL & AMANDA M. ROWELL
Chairman Rule read rezoning application #Z17-16, Eric S. Rowell and Amanda M. Rowell, requesting to rezone a 1.285 acre tract located on Farmville Road, Calhoun from A-1 to R-1. Mr. Rowell represented the request explaining that he wanted to purchase this property if he could acquire the rezoning to build a new home. All adjoining property owners had been notified.
Ursula Richardson, Zoning Administrator for Gordon County, recommended that the rezoning request identified as Application #Z17-16 be approved.
Jerry Lovelace made the motion to approve the rezoning application identified as #Z17-16 from A-1 to R-1. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The recommendation for approval was sent to the Board of Commissioners.
VARIANCE APPLICATION #V17-11, HAZEN BRIGGS
Chairman Rule read variance application #V17-11, Hazen Briggs requesting a variance on a 10.50 acre tract located at 669 Everett Springs Road, S.W., Calhoun. Mr. Briggs represented the request explaining that he would like a variance to increase the required 500 feet maximum for a metal structure to 720 square feet for a garage and storage building, so he needed a 220 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 #V17-11 be approved.
Eddie Smith made the motion to approve Variance Application #V17-11 as requested. Jerry Lovelace 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, Jerry Lovelace made the motion to adjourn. Eddie Smith seconded the motion. All voted aye. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
