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Lowndes County commissioners deny rezoning request for Bud Horace Avenue property
Summary
Lowndes County commissioners voted to deny REZ2024-09, a request to expand commercial highway zoning at 1735 Madison Highway, citing floodplain, wetlands and unpermitted operations concerns.
Lowndes County commissioners on an unspecified meeting date denied REZ2024-09, a rezoning request for a three‑acre parcel at 1735 Madison Highway, commonly referred to in the filing as the Bud Horace Avenue property.
The request sought to change portions of the site from conservation to commercial highway to accommodate continued semi‑truck repair operations. County planning staff told commissioners the property is roughly 95% inside mapped flood zones on maps from 2008 and 2021, contains wetlands and lies partially within the Valdosta Regional Airport overlay, which carries supplemental development standards.
Planning staff J.D. Dillard described the site as approximately 3 acres—about 0.75 acres currently zoned…
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