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Commissioners approve R‑2 rezoning for Callaway Road area; several site revisions and variances also pass
Summary
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning to R‑2 for property off Callaway Road allowing an estimated 70 single‑family units and passed three related land‑use requests including a preschool use at a church, a three‑lot PUD revision and a setback variance adjacent to CSX tracks.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on April 1 approved multiple land‑use requests, including a rezoning from R‑1 to R‑2 for a parcel off Callaway Road that staff said could accommodate roughly 70 single‑family homes, and several related site revisions and variances.
The R‑2 rezoning (tax map 060, parcel 013B) was approved 4‑1 after discussion of traffic, fire protection and utility upgrades. County staff said the developer must fund road redesign and water‑system upgrades, install fire hydrants, and add turn lanes and traffic‑calming measures as conditions of approval. A staff member said, “They will have to pay for all of it.”
The rezon…
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