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Paulding County planning panel approves rezoning for rural property to allow agricultural uses including dog breeding
Summary
The Pa uding County Planning Commission voted to forward a rezoning application for 12.78 acres to the Board of Commissioners with a favorable recommendation after a tie vote was broken by the chair. The request would change the parcel from suburban residential to agricultural to accommodate existing farm animals and small-scale dog breeding.
The Pa uding County Planning Commission voted to forward application 2025-04-Z, a request to rezone 12.78 acres from R-2 Suburban Residential District to A-1 Agricultural District, to the Pa uding County Board of Commissioners with a favorable recommendation after a tie vote was broken by the chair.
The applicants, Reba Will and Jeff Will, told the commission their property on the south side of Mount Olivet Road includes a barn and fenced areas where they keep miniature goats, miniature donkeys, a pony, a small cow and other farm animals. The applicants said they seek the rezoning both to bring existing farm-animal uses into compliance and to permit limited dog breeding of Bernese Mountain Dogs to obtain a kennel/business license.
The applicants said they are licensed through the American Kennel Club (AKC) and described planned breeding of two currently intact females, estimating two litters per female per year and typical litters of six to nine puppies. They said puppies would be kept inside the house or in the attached living areas until ready to go home at about eight weeks and that no outdoor kennels would be used.
Commissioners asked about proximity to neighboring homes and noise. The applicants said the fenced play area is centrally located on the property and about 300 feet from the nearest neighbor’s property line. One commissioner and one written correspondence in the packet expressed concern about potential barking and traffic impacts; the commission noted there was one opposing property owner who had submitted correspondence.
A motion to approve the application was made and seconded; the roll produced a tie and Chair Robinson said he would break the tie and voted in favor. The commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Pa uding County Board of Commissioners for final consideration at its April 8 meeting at 2 p.m.; the applicants were told they must be present at that hearing for the application to be considered.
Because the transcript records the tie and the chair’s tie-breaking vote but does not list an itemized roll call of yes/no votes for each commissioner, the recommendation is recorded here as approved by the commission with the chair’s tie-breaking vote. The final decision rests with the Board of Commissioners.
