Commission recommends rezoning at 6475 Hickory Flat Highway with conditions; applicant withdraws buffer variance
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended rezoning 14.108 acres at 6475 Hickory Flat Highway from agricultural to General Commercial but required larger buffers and single‑story limits on rear buildings; the applicant withdrew a request to eliminate a 35‑foot buffer after staff noted the need for a different advertised variance.
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The commission recommended approval of a rezoning request to convert about 14.108 acres at 6475 Hickory Flat Highway from agricultural (AG) to General Commercial (GC), with conditions addressing buffers and building height for the rear parcels. The applicant simultaneously sought a variance to remove a 35-foot zoning buffer adjacent to neighboring AG property (a church property), but the applicant withdrew the variance after staff advised the board that the advertised variance request did not match the narrower construction encroachment they actually needed.
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