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Commissioners approve industrial rezones for development authority parcels with 200-foot vegetative buffer after public opposition
Summary
The board approved two adjoining rezones from agriculture to industrial for Walker County Development Authority parcels after removing the items from the table; the approval includes a 200-foot vegetative buffer on edges adjoining private property and prompted multiple residents to raise environmental, traffic and process concerns.
Walker County commissioners voted to approve rezoning two adjoining parcels owned by the Walker County Development Authority from agriculture to industrial, adding a condition that any industrial buyer must provide a 200-foot vegetated buffer where the industrial property abuts privately owned parcels.
Chair Angie Teems said the rezones had been tabled at the May 1 meeting and returned as unfinished business. Commissioner Blake Moore moved to approve the rezones with the 200-foot vegetative buffer; the board moved the items off the table, voted to take them up, and then approved the rezones with the buffer condition.
The parcels are described in public materials as located on Glass Road near Lafayette (tax parcels referenced…
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