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Planning commission recommends denying Stone rezoning for RV storage after unpermitted tree clearing

5707295 · September 2, 2025
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The Cherokee County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of Mary and Robert Stone’s request to rezone 11 acres from R40 to LI for an RV and commercial parking lot and a special use permit for outdoor storage, citing multiple variances, conflict with the Wildcat character-area plan and recent unpermitted tree clearing.

The Cherokee County Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday recommended denial of a rezoning request by Mary and Robert Stone to change about 11 acres on North Rote Mill Road from R40 to light industrial to allow an RV and commercial parking lot and non–climate-controlled self-storage.

The recommendation followed staff presentation, discussion of six requested variances and an arborist report that found recent clearing within the I‑575 buffer. "I could not support this," Commissioner Barnes said during the debate, citing the Wildcat character‑area plan and concern that the proposed outdoor storage…

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