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Planning commission recommends denial of 69-acre rezoning for proposed Ball Ground Business Park
Summary
The Cherokee County Planning Commission voted 8-1 to recommend denial of a rezoning request to convert 69.02 acres at 13450 East Cherokee Drive to light industrial, citing land‑use plan conflicts, traffic issues and scale of development.
The Cherokee County Planning Commission voted 8-1 to recommend denial of a request to rezone 69.02 acres at 13450 East Cherokee Drive from office/institutional and state residential to light industrial during a July 2025 joint public hearing.
Thomas Trellor, planning staff, described the application (case 2502003) and the site’s constraints, saying the parcel contains streams and floodplain that trigger 75-foot streambank buffers and that a 50-foot zoning buffer would be required where industrial zoning abuts less intensive uses. He also noted Section 7.14 of the Cherokee County Zoning Ordinance, which states primary industrial access should come from a major arterial or state highway; the subject…
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