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Commissioners approve sale-sized rezoning to facilitate septic for neighboring Highway Business lot
Summary
A half‑acre of a 9.35‑acre parcel on Highway 53 was rezoned to Highway Business to be sold to an adjacent business for a septic system; the remainder was rezoned to Small Agricultural to correct nonconforming status.
Pickens County commissioners approved a rezoning that will split a 9.35‑acre parcel on Highway 53 West so that a 0.5‑acre portion can be combined with an adjacent Highway Business lot to accommodate a septic system and allow that neighbor’s construction to continue.
In the matter recorded as RZ190933, staff told the board the parcel (032063001) had been reduced in size by past highway widening and became nonconforming under the county's Agricultural (AG) rules; the proposal rezones 0.5 acre to Highway Business (to be sold to the adjacent property owner, identified in the record as Newsome) and redesignates the remaining 8.85 acres to Small Agricultural so it conforms. Staff recommended approval; the board accepted the recommendation and the motion carried.
At the hearing the applicant said the half-acre is needed for a septic/drain field for the neighboring Highway Business lot so the adjacent construction can proceed. Board members and staff discussed the change primarily as a technical correction to parcel status and as a facilitation of a neighboring property's septic needs. No public opposition was recorded.
With the rezoning approved, the sale and subsequent septic work must comply with county health and building regulations; the board made no other policy changes at the hearing.
