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Chatham County commissioners approve rezoning for AlphaComp tank truck terminal with conditions
Summary
The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved a map amendment to permit a proposed tank truck terminal on Silco Road, adding site-specific conditions including an 8-foot buffer wall, restricted access to Ogeechee Road, a non‑access easement along Silk Oak Road, and a required amendment to the MPC development plan.
Chatham County commissioners voted to approve a rezoning map amendment to allow AlphaComp Incorporated to develop a proposed tank truck terminal on Silco Road, subject to several conditions aimed at limiting visual and traffic impacts.
The motion to approve the request to rezone 12.56 acres (MPC file Z0924-000508, PIN 1099103001) from PBC to PB was made by Commissioner Dean Kicklighter and seconded; the board then voted to adopt additional conditions as part of the approval.
Commissioner Dean Kicklighter, District 7, read the added conditions into the record and moved approval. He said the property must be buffered from Silk Hope Road by “an 8-foot high solid fence or wall” with masonry columns spaced 30 feet on center and vegetative screening approved by the county arborist to obscure the fence or wall. Kicklighter also limited access to the site to State Route 25 (Ogeechee Road), saying developers “shall obtain an encroachment permit from the Georgia Department of Transportation for a new driveway access point on State Route 25 (Ogeechee Road).”
Other conditions the board recorded require: no site access from Silk Oak Road, with a recorded 5-foot non‑access easement along the rear of the property; installation of an R‑cut at the first traffic signal on the route to prevent U‑turns; gates only at the front entrance of the enclosed facility; and a requirement that the property owner or developer amend the development plan at the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) to show these provisions as conditions of zoning.
The county attorney advised the board that the MPC development plan should be amended to incorporate the conditions; Commissioner Kicklighter amended his motion to include that step, and the amended motion was seconded and approved.
The rezoning item had been tabled multiple times earlier this year while staff gathered information and while the petitioner, nearby property owners and staff negotiated conditions. The MPC had recommended approval from District 7 before the board vote.
No vote-by-name tally appears in the meeting record provided; the clerk called for members to “please cast your votes” after the motion and second. The board chair then moved on to the next agenda items.
The approval does not itself authorize construction; the motion makes the zoning change subject to the recorded conditions, GDOT permitting for driveway access, and submittal of amended MPC development plans that reflect the conditions. Any required permits, building plans and inspection approvals remain separate processes overseen by county staff and state agencies.
Votes at a glance: the transcript shows the motion to approve the rezoning was moved by Commissioner Dean Kicklighter, seconded, and carried by the board (individual roll-call tallies were not read into the public record excerpt provided).
