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Commissioners approve rezoning and conditional-use permit for convenience store with fuel at 13 S. Highway 212

2714364 · March 20, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved rezoning and a conditional use permit for a 5.12-acre parcel at 13 S. Highway 212 to allow a 4,500 sq ft convenience store with fuel pumps and three adjacent retail spaces; conditions include driveway changes per GDOT, restricted uses and stormwater and landscape approvals.

The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously March 18 to rezone a 5.12-acre parcel at 13 S. Highway 212 to highway commercial (REZ 24000007) and to grant a companion conditional use permit (CUP 24000009) to allow a convenience store with fuel pumps.

Planning staff said the parcel currently carries dual zoning (general commercial and agricultural-residential) and that the comprehensive plan’s future land-use map supports highway commercial given the parcel’s location near the intersection of Highway 212 and Highway 36 and…

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