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Glynn County denies rezoning for 369-home Myers Hill development after resident concerns
Summary
After hours of public comment and debate about flooding, traffic and emergency-services capacity, the Glynn County Board of Commissioners voted 4-2 to deny a developerrequest to rezone two parcels on Myers Hill Road to a planned development district that would have allowed up to 369 single-family homes.
The Glynn County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 16 voted 4-2 to deny a request to rezone two parcels off Myers Hill Road that the applicant had proposed to combine into a planned development district allowing up to 369 single-family lots.
The rezoning request, brought forward by owners Laura Ebert and Anna Wheeler and represented at the meeting by Jake Lemmings of Robert Veil Engineering and developer Stephen (Steve) Everett, would have added an 82-acre forest-agricultural parcel into an existing 189-acre planned development. The applicant reduced an earlier proposal that had sought 450 units to a later proposal of 375, and then to 369 units after community and Planning Commission feedback.
Why it matters: Residents and farmers told the commissioners the scale of the proposal would worsen known drainage problems, increase traffic on…
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