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Commissioners approve counseling home office, lot-line variance and event pavilion; Salter's Field rezoning deferred
Summary
At a public hearing the board approved a conditional use for a home-based counseling office, a variance to allow an existing garage to remain with a different lot, and a conditional use for an event pavilion at Marsh Manor Retreats; a proposed rezoning of Salter's Field from I-3 to C-3 was deferred to July 1 at the petitioner's request.
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners took several land-use actions after a planning commission public hearing, approving three conditional/variance requests and tabling a rezoning petition for later consideration.
Approved items
- Conditional use: Lee and Carissa Greenfield were granted a conditional use to operate licensed counseling services from a room in their home at 4708 Highway 196 West (A-1 zoning). The planning staff reported negligible additional traffic and no exterior changes; Greenfield, a retired military chaplain and licensed marriage and family therapist, said the practice will serve the greater Hinesville area.
- Variance: Paul and Michelle Fields received a variance in the SFMH (single-family manufactured home) district to reduce a rear-yard setback from 15 feet to 6 feet to allow a lot-line adjustment and keep an existing garage with the front property. Staff noted the garage was permitted in 1994 and that approval would enable both properties to be sold separately.
- Conditional use: Christopher and Cassie Omohundro were approved to operate Marsh Manor Retreats and Events, a pavilion-style event/retreat space, at 512 Bagley Fussell Road. The pavilion would be raised on stilts because portions of the parcel are in a floodplain; the applicant said the houses on the property currently rent to small groups and the pavilion would host modest retreats and meetings (houses sleep about 20 in total). Planning staff noted DNR-required setbacks from marsh and wetlands and recommended conditions.
Deferred item
- Rezoning: Owner Jerry (Gene) Salter Jr.'s petition to rezone roughly 61.84 acres (commonly known as Salter's Field) from I-3 (industrial) to C-3 (commercial) was deferred to the board's July 1 meeting after the applicant's representative said alternative plans with the Georgia Department of Transportation are being pursued.
Board action on each planning recommendation was taken by vote after the public hearing; LCPC (planning commission) recommendations and staff reports were noted in the record.
Ending: Staff and applicants were instructed to follow any standard conditions from LCPC and to coordinate necessary permits (including DNR and floodplain requirements) before construction or operation.
