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Planning commission recommends suburban-agriculture zoning for longtime Tunnel Hill farm after dispute over truck traffic and earth-moving
Summary
The Dalton-Whitfield Planning Commission on Oct. 27 recommended rezoning 3320 South Ward Circle in Tunnel Hill from R-2 to Suburban Agriculture after a contested hearing over grading, truck traffic and longstanding farm use.
The Dalton-Whitfield Planning Commission on Oct. 27 recommended rezoning 3320 South Ward Circle in Tunnel Hill from R-2 to Suburban Agriculture (SA), a decision that followed an extended and sometimes heated public hearing about long-running farm uses, grading work and heavy-truck traffic.
Petitioner Casey John McClure told the commission his family has farmed the tract since 1958 and that the request is intended to preserve agricultural uses. “All I want to do is continue doing what my family’s been doing for almost 70 years,” McClure said, adding that he hauls forestry byproducts (chips, sawdust, bark) and has parked trucks at his house since 2005. He said…
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