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Commissioners deny conditional-use permit for expanded truck parking on Highway 11
Summary
The Board of Commissioners denied a conditional-use permit request to expand long‑term truck parking at 53 South Highway 11 after staff and the planning commission cited proximity to residences, prior conditions of zoning, and concerns about traffic and stormwater.
Newton County commissioners voted unanimously to deny a conditional‑use permit to expand long‑term truck parking at 53 South Highway 11, ending a multi-year series of applications and appeals for the site.
The parcel, currently used as a truck-dispatch facility since 2012, is owned by Tommy Breedlove (also spelled Breedlove in packets). The applicant sought approval to add gravel long‑term parking for an additional 50 trucks on a neighboring 5.89‑acre parcel; the plan showed 105 parking spaces in total and requested a reduced buffer from adjacent residential property.
Development services staff reviewed the site and recommended denial at the planning commission, citing prior conditions attached to the 2012 approvals and unresolved concerns about the reduced residential setback, traffic and stormwater management. Shaina Applewhite, director of development services, told the board the applicant would need a variance to reduce the required 500‑foot separation from the nearest residential use to the 50 feet requested on the plan and that the site had already been graveled without required permits.
The planning commission previously recommended denial of a similar petition in 2023 and again on April 22, 2025. At the BOC meeting, one neighbor who previously owned part of the parcel raised concerns about traffic, runoff and noise. The applicant’s representative proposed limiting the permit to three years, capping parking at 50 additional spaces, and forbidding new structures as conditions to mitigate impacts.
Board action: After public comment and staff discussion, a motion to deny the conditional‑use permit (CUP25‑000002) passed unanimously. The board record shows the denial followed planning commission recommendations and existing conditions from earlier rezoning and variance actions remain in effect.
What this means: The denial prevents the proposed long‑term truck‑parking expansion as presented. The applicant may pursue the variance for the setback before the Board of Zoning Appeals or revise plans and reapply through the rezoning/conditional‑use process, but any future application will be evaluated against the county’s Unified Development Ordinance and prior conditions attached to the property’s 2012 approvals.
Background references: staff materials and the packet referenced prior actions including REZ12‑000126, CUP12‑000125 and VAR12‑000127; the staff report cited Section 510‑665 of the 2020 Unified Development Ordinance for truck‑terminal standards.
