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Planning commission recommends denial of CRI Tree Service rezoning on Hickory Flat Highway

2087982 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

The Cherokee County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a request to rezone roughly 4.5 acres on Hickory Flat Highway from R40 (single-family residential) to General Commercial for a tree-service operation; commissioners cited adjacency to residential uses and precedent concerns.

The Cherokee County Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of a rezoning request by Jacob Miller, representing CRI Tree Services, to change roughly 4.5 acres at 9320/9290 Hickory Flat Highway from R40 (single-family residential) to General Commercial.

Planning staff told the commission the applicant proposed to operate a tree-service business at the site, use the parcel for work-truck parking and employee parking, and to subdivide the owner’s residence at 9290 Hickory Flat Highway from the commercial parcel. The site plan showed 20 spaces for work trucks and 15 employee spaces, a privacy fence and landscaping along the frontage, and a proposed deceleration lane meeting Georgia Department of Transportation standards. The applicant also requested a concurrent variance to…

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