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Planning commission denies variance request for Iron Mountain parcel; residents cite water, roads and wildlife concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission denied a request from Dawsonville Holdings (Dawsonville Holdings EN, LLC) for blanket exemptions from public-road, subdivision and fire-flow requirements for a proposed subdivision on about 190 acres of Parcel 078009 after substantial public opposition and commissioner concern.
The Dawson County Planning Commission voted to deny a variance request from Dawsonville Holdings (applicant represented in testimony by surveyor Dusty Lohman) seeking exemptions from sections of the Dawson County Land Development Code governing public access to roads, privately maintained streets and minimum fire-flow requirements for a proposed subdivision on an approximately 190-acre surveyed portion of Parcel 078009.
Dusty Lohman, a registered surveyor speaking for the applicant, said the owner wishes to keep the land rural and to subdivide primarily into 10-acre lots accessed by private drives. “We want them to stay private drives, not public,” Lohman said, and described an intention to dedicate county…
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