Commissioners approve rural plan development rezoning for Cain property at US 41 North for 66‑space RV park

Lowndes County commissioners approved a rezoning request that will allow the development of an RV park on about 21 acres at 6261 US Highway 41 North, permitting approximately 66 RV spaces and an existing residence to remain on the parcel.

Planning staff described the request as a rural planned development to accommodate an RV park served by well and septic systems; there are no county utilities in the area. Staff noted wetlands on the property and said the applicant had proposed a wetland delineation that had not yet been approved. The conceptual site plan shows about 66 spaces, a bathhouse, a covered pavilion and a 20‑foot landscape buffer along the south where the property abuts an existing mobile home park.

Why it matters: The change will permit a commercial recreational use in a largely rural residential area. Staff cautioned the site plan was conceptual and subject to engineering review; internal drives must be an approved permeable surface and the precise layout could change during site engineering.

John Tinnery, the applicant’s representative with Prime Consulting Solutions, said the spaces would be improved with crushed‑asphalt or similar surfaces, roughly 35 by 80 feet in dimension, and that only a portion of each space would be improved. Planning staff said TRC and the Planning Commission recommended approval per the site plan with the set conditions.

The public hearing drew no speakers opposing the request. After the public portion closed, a commissioner moved to approve the rezoning; the motion passed by voice vote.

The approval attaches the conceptual site plan and the stated conditions; final engineering, wetland delineation approval and any required health‑department review for well and septic will be completed during permitting. The county did not identify a construction schedule at the meeting.