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Commissioners approve multiple land-use and rezoning requests; neighbors press drainage and private-road concerns

3220361 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

The board approved several companion small-scale land-use amendments and rezonings, including split-lot requests and a larger Navlands proposal for 27 lots along Crepe Myrtle, Raintree and Hickory; residents raised flooding, drainage and private-road maintenance concerns during public comment.

Baker County commissioners approved several companion land-use and zoning applications during a public hearing that grouped related requests together, and commissioners and planning staff noted follow-up items on drainage, traffic and permitting.

What passed: ordinances approved included a split-lot package for a 7.5-acre parcel on County Road 121 (Evergreen Home Buyers) that creates a 2.5-acre lot and a 5-acre lot; a small-scale amendment and rezoning for a 0.77-acre parcel on Clarence Bennett Road (applicant James Swindell) that had previously hosted a temporary family home; and a multi-lot proposal by Navlands Inc. that reclassifies roughly 70.82 acres and 17.02 acres in a larger tract to allow a mix of…

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