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Applicant seeks conditional-use permit and variances for auction barn on Neese Commerce Road in Commerce
Summary
Zach Hightower of Northeast Georgia Outdoors LLC asked Madison County planning officials for a conditional-use permit to operate an auction barn at 315 Neese Commerce Road and requested variances to parking-paving and perimeter landscaping requirements; board members asked staff to check for prior conditions from a 2021 approval.
Zach Hightower, representing Northeast Georgia Outdoors LLC, requested a conditional-use permit and two variances from Madison County planning staff to operate an auction barn on a 3.53-acre parcel at 315 Neese Commerce Road in Commerce. Planning staff told the board the auctions would be held every other Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. and that county ordinance prohibits events from running past 10 p.m.
The proposal would allow the sale of goats, sheep, poultry, bough [sic], cattle and swine on the property, which is in the county’s Madaco West character area. Planning staff said the applicant expects between about 50 and 100 people per…
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