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Commission Approves Rezoning for Pinebrook property to C‑2 for RV storage despite staff concerns
Summary
Whitfield County planning commissioners approved a rezoning from General Agriculture to C‑2 for a 28.28‑acre tract on Pinebrook Drive that the petitioner said will be used for covered RV storage and an office; staff had recommended denial citing conflict with surrounding residential uses.
Commissioners voted to approve a rezoning from General Agriculture to C‑2 for a 28.28‑acre tract at 1.125 Pinebrook Drive, a property owner said will be used for covered recreational‑vehicle storage and an office.
Staff recommended denial, saying the C‑2 district could introduce uses and intensities that contrast with surrounding agriculture and single‑family homes. The petitioner, Justin Hasty, told the commission the site has a long history of commercial use — a shop and trucking operations — and that his plan is to formalize a covered, gated RV storage and office use for the parcel.
In presenting the staff analysis, a county planner said the subject parcel is almost entirely surrounded by agriculture and residential zoning and that the C‑2 district could be a “significant encroachment” into the residential community. The planner listed concerns that other C‑2‑permitted uses might negatively affect adjacent residential property values and conflict with the county’s comprehensive plan for the area.
Justin Hasty said the property has been used commercially for years, described a 4,000‑square‑foot shop and existing concrete pad, and said his intent is to store RVs under existing pole‑barn cover and to gate and manage the site. He said the requested rezoning would let him market and operate the site lawfully as a storage business instead of continuing an informal commercial use.
A nearby resident asked whether the current on‑site activities — which the speaker described as tractor‑trailers and other vehicles historically parked on the site — would continue; Hasty said the use would be commercial but that his current plan is covered RV storage and that the site would be managed and gated. The planner clarified that the site’s lack of public sewer limits certain high‑intensity development.
At the commission’s motion and vote, the commissioners approved the rezoning. The planning commission record shows the matter will move to the Board of Commissioners for final action.
Whether specific conditions (for example, limits on certain C‑2 uses or hours of operation) will be attached by the county commission was not specified at the hearing.
