Bullock County tables zoning text amendments after public comment on Savage Trails ATV park

The Bullock County Board of Commissioners on a voice vote agreed to table a proposed set of zoning text amendments after an extended presentation by planning staff and more than an hour of public comment focused on Savage Trails, a privately operated ATV/mud-park in unincorporated Bullock County.

Planning and development director James Pope presented a multipart draft amendment to Appendix C of the Bullock County Code (the county zoning ordinance) that would add or revise definitions (townhouse, multifamily), add new uses (microbreweries, brewpubs), create supplemental standards for go‑kart/ATV/motorbike tracks and trails, clarify accessory dwelling rules, and authorize conservation subdivision standards. Pope told commissioners the changes were intended to clarify administration and to allow uses common in other communities while offering parameters for potentially noisy or commercially operated outdoor recreation.

Why it matters: the package would change the county—ode in ways that affect where housing types can be built, how rural recreational uses are regulated, and whether some existing rural…