Commission recommends special‑use approval for four‑lot subdivision at Old Wilkie Road

The Hall County Planning Commission on March 3 voted unanimously to recommend approval of a special‑use permit to subdivide a 4.55‑acre assemblage at 5651 and 5659 Old Wilkie Road and 5602 Burke Lane into four lots, subject to five staff conditions plus two additional conditions added by the commission.

Planning and zoning staff presented the site plan and recommended approval with five conditions. Applicant Susan Verlander described a soils analysis showing each lot could accommodate an independent septic system and said the fourth lot would front the lake and use Old Wilkie Road for access rather than Burke Lane.

During the meeting the commission added a condition requiring typical agricultural notification language and a second condition that home elevations submitted at the hearing be submitted for review and approval by the Planning and Zoning Director; the commission recorded that applicants may return to the commission if the Director has questions. The commission voted to forward its recommendation to the Board of Commissioners for final action in April.

No speakers registered opposition at the March 3 meeting. The applicant submitted home plan samples at the hearing and the commission accepted them into the record subject to Director approval.