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Planning commission recommends AR-3 rezoning for 49-acre Barnett Shoals property
Summary
The Oconee Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning about 48.96 acres on Barnett Shoals Road from agricultural to AR-3, with conditions including separate stormwater-parcel requirements and a required preliminary plat; the recommendation goes to the Board of Commissioners for final action.
The Oconee Planning Commission on April 21 recommended that the Oconee Board of Commissioners approve rezoning about 48.96 acres on Barnett Shoals Road from agricultural (AG) to AR-3 (agricultural-residential, 3-acre minimum), with staff conditions including separate parcels for stormwater facilities and a required preliminary plat.
The recommendation matters because the county dopted a 2023 comprehensive plan that designates this area as the "country estates" character area and specifically recommends AR-3 zoning to limit density and preserve rural character. The planning staff based its recommendation on that plan and the commission voted to forward the rezoning to the Board of Commissioners for final decision.
Planning department staff described the request as application P250015, a proposal to convert an approximately 48.96-acre parcel on Barnett Shoals Road from AG to an agricultural-residential zone. "This is a request to rezone approximately 48.96 acres from agricultural to agricultural residential," Mr. Webb, planning staff, told the commission during his presentation. Staff said the…
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