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Upson County planning commission approves private family cemetery on Judgetown Road with access conditions
Summary
The Upson County Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a private family cemetery for Jason and Walt Patterson at 957 Judgetown Road, placing conditions including a recorded access easement, a platted cemetery parcel, a post-burial affidavit and upkeep requirements.
The Upson County Zoning Commission recommended approval of a special-exception request to create a private family cemetery on a portion of a 12.5-acre parcel at 957 Judgetown Road.
The recommendation, made at the commission’s Feb. 10 meeting, follows a staff report that said cemeteries are allowed by special exception in the AR (agricultural-residential) district and noted the proposed burial plot would be roughly 0.9 acres and sit in the north-central portion of the parcel. The applicant is listed as Jason and Walt Patterson.
Staff told the commission the site is isolated from neighboring properties, largely wooded and partly in floodplain, and that the proposed location is outside the mapped floodplain. The…
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