The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning map amendment on a request from AlphaComp Incorporated to allow a tank truck terminal on a 12.56-acre parcel on Silco (Silco) Road.

The rezoning from PBC to PB was approved Tuesday with conditions that include an eight-foot solid fence with masonry columns and vegetative screening along Silk Hope Road, restricted access only from State Route 25/Ogeechee Road with a Georgia Department of Transportation encroachment permit, a recorded five-foot non-access easement to prevent access from Silk Hope Road, and a requirement that the developer amend the MPC development plan to show the conditions. Commissioner Dean Kicklighter (District 7) moved the approval; the motion was seconded and the board voted in favor (vote tally not specified in the transcript).

The action came after the county’s planner read the petitioner information into the record: MPC file Z0924-000508, PIN 1099103001, acreage 12.56, and an MPC recommendation to approve from District 7. Commissioner Kicklighter told the board the conditions were negotiated with staff, the petitioner and neighbors and were intended to “benefit everyone.”

County counsel also recommended that the developer record the conditions on the MPC development plan; Kicklighter amended his motion to include that requirement. Kicklighter additionally noted a Georgia Department of Transportation letter indicating an R-cut (no U-turn) at the first traffic signal on the route and asked that gates be limited to the front of the property; the attorney confirmed that wording could be added.

Discussion: commissioners and staff focused on limiting access points to the site and buffering the road-facing property line. The board instructed staff to require the developer to obtain any required DOT encroachment permit and to show the fencing, easements and access restrictions on the approved development plan at MPC.

Outcome: rezoning approved with the listed conditions; transcript does not provide recorded vote counts or details of who seconded the motion by name beyond a generic second. The item had been tabled multiple times earlier in the year while staff gathered additional information.

Next steps: developer must obtain DOT approval for the access change and record the non-access easement and show the conditional elements on the MPC development plan as a condition of the rezoning.