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Oconee County commissioners approve rezoning for 2153 Barnett Shoals, award Civic Center repairs and greenlight several design contracts
Summary
The board rezoned 48.96 acres at 2153 Barnett Shoals Road from AG to AR with limits, approved a $505,404.54 contract for Civic Center repairs, and authorized design services for a Hog Mountain/Wellbrook roundabout and Dawson Park buildings.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday took several formal actions: it approved a rezoning request for 2153 Barnett Shoals Road, accepted a bid to repair the county Civic Center, and approved architectural and transportation design contracts.
Rezoning: 2153 Barnett Shoals Road (P25-0015)
The board voted to rezone a 48.96-acre parcel at 2153 Barnett Shoals Road from AG (agricultural) to AR (agricultural-residential) with modified conditions. The applicant, property owner Blake Underwood, had asked to rezone to AR to allow up to 12 lots; staff and the planning commission recommended conditional approval to AR-3 with standard conditions including a specific staff-recommended requirement to place stormwater ponds on separate utility lots.
The board's final action removed the staff'recommended condition requiring stormwater ponds to be on separate utility lots (condition 4 as presented) and struck condition 5, and added an explicit condition that the development be limited to a maximum of 12 lots. The motion carried (vote recorded…
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