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Whitfield County planners recommend R5-to-GA rezoning despite neighbors' poultry concerns
Summary
The Dalton-Whitfield-Varnell Planning Commission recommended approval of a request to rezone 73 acres owned by Joe Stanley Moore from R5 to General Agricultural (GA). Neighbors urged limits on poultry operations; the commission's recommendation included no such condition and will go to county commissioners for final action.
A majority of the Dalton-Whitfield-Varnell Planning Commission recommended approval of a petition to rezone 73 acres owned by Joe Stanley Moore from R5 to General Agricultural (GA).
The recommendation, made after a public hearing, followed staff testimony that the parcel is surrounded by GA, SA and R5 zoned land and that GA zoning would align the tract with the area's rural agricultural character. Tyler White, of the Northwest Georgia regional office, summarized the staff recommendation to approve, saying the GA district "would be a good fit for the rural agricultural reserve character area of the comprehensive plan."
Tom Cosby, representing Moore, told the…
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