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Commissioners approve rezoning, conditional use for 20,000 sq. ft. Aldi on Brown Bridge Road
Summary
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone two parcels on Brown Bridge Road to general commercial and approved a conditional use permit for a 20,000-square-foot Aldi grocery store, subject to staff-recommended conditions addressing access, materials and buffers.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners on April 1 approved rezoning two parcels on Brown Bridge Road and granted a conditional use permit for a 20,000-square-foot Aldi grocery retail store.
Planning staff told the board the parcels total about 3.344 acres (2.3 and 1.044 acres), are in the Salem overlay Tier 3 and the Yellow River watershed, and that the proposed general commercial zoning is consistent with the county’s 2023 comprehensive plan for the site. Shaina Applewhite, director of Planning and Zoning, said the applicant intends to use an existing internal drive and a right-in/right-out on Brown Bridge Road to address traffic concerns and that the project would follow Salem overlay design and landscaping rules when the…
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