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Commissioners briefed on rezoning request for ~35-acre Quicksilver/Tiger Eye property from RS-9 to AG
Summary
Forsyth County planning staff presented a zoning petition by Edward Raymond Longbottom to rezone about 35 acres near Quicksilver Drive and Tiger Eye Court from RS-9 to AG, citing consistency with farmland protection and area plans and a unanimous Planning Board recommendation.
Forsyth County planning staff briefed the Board of Commissioners on a public hearing item to consider a zoning petition by Edward Raymond Longbottom to rezone approximately 35 acres at the northern terminus of Quicksilver Drive and the western terminus of Tiger Eye Court from RS-9 (residential, 9,000 square-foot lots) to AG (agricultural).
Planning Director Chris Murphy said the parcel sits within Floodplain and is shown in the county legacy growth management plan as within Growth Management Area 3 near the Forsyth–Davidson county line in south-central Forsyth County. Murphy said the AG request is consistent with the Forsyth County Farmland Protection Plan and the South Suburban Area Plan update and that AG zoning would limit development impacts on predominantly floodplain property while permitting land uses compatible with surrounding patterns. The January 9, 2025 Planning Board public hearing had no speakers in opposition and the board unanimously recommended approval to the commissioners.
Murphy told commissioners the request would be considered a downzoning relative to the single-family low-density recommendation (0–8 units per acre) on the area plan, and noted the parcel lies north of an existing subdivision and an in-progress subdivision.
No vote was taken during the briefing. Staff offered to answer questions and to place the public hearing on the business meeting agenda for formal consideration.
Ending: The zoning petition will be on the public hearing agenda for the business meeting; planning staff provided maps showing sign locations and said they would verify signage if commissioners raised concerns during the briefing.
