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Planners recommend denial of conditional-use permit for men’s sober living home in Circle East; commissioners to consider May 27
Summary
After extended public comment from supporters and many neighbors opposed to a proposed men's sober living facility at a former restaurant on East Silver Shoals Road, the Stephens County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial and will forward the application to the County Commissioners for final action on May 27.
The Stephens County Planning Commission on May 6 voted to recommend denial of a conditional-use permit for Forever Faithful Investments LLC to operate a men's sober living home at 3023 East Silver Shoals Road in Toccoa and will forward the application to the Stephens County Board of Commissioners for final consideration on May 27.
Planning staff recommended denial, saying the property—about 1.57 acres and located in the Currhee Point subdivision on Lake Hartwell—lies within the watershed protection overlay district of the 2021 Stephens County Comprehensive Plan and that a sober living facility is not consistent with the plan’s guidance for sparse, passive uses in that district. "Staff does recommend that the conditional use application be denied," staff…
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