Pickens County staff present seven rezoning requests; planning commission recommended approval for each

At a Pickens County commission work session, county planning staff presented seven rezoning applications and recommended approval for each. The planning commission had reviewed the cases and recommended approval in every instance; commissioners discussed land-use impacts, road improvements and maintenance responsibilities but did not take final votes at the work session.

County planner Charles (staff) led the presentation, listing each application and the parcel details. The requests included: a rezone of an 8.084-acre parcel (Parcel 012073) from Urban Residential to Estate Residential (RZ-190851; applicant Roy Donald Brady); a 3.88-acre portion of a 15.78-acre parcel (Parcel 020016) from Agriculture to Highway Business to allow a service/shop for trucks and tractors (RZ-190852; applicant Sean Elliott); a 27.2-acre parcel along Stone Crest Road from Agriculture to Small Agriculture to permit a five-lot subdivision (RZ-190853; applicant Southern Property Investments); a 15.12-acre portion of a 34.72-acre parcel from Agriculture to Rural Residential for an eight-lot single-family subdivision (RZ-190854; applicants Brandon Roman and Brett Nolan); a 1.5017-acre portion…