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Commission approves rezoning and future‑land‑use change to preserve small family farm in Dove Drive subdivision

5951691 · August 21, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission approved a rezoning and a future‑land‑use amendment to allow a small family farm (Ocean Orchards) to continue operations in a Dove Drive subdivision, with a condition that the property lots be combined to meet AG‑1 lot‑size requirements.

The Planning Commission voted Aug. 20 to approve a rezoning (Z25‑028) from R‑3 to AG‑1 and a companion comprehensive development plan amendment (CDP25‑010) to allow an established small‑scale family farming operation to continue on four adjacent lots in a subdivision off Campbellton Road.

Attorney John Jordan, representing property owners Lee and Rhea Ocean, described a family orchard and small‑scale farm operation that includes muscadine vines, peach trees, a bee garden and chicken coops for egg production.…

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