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Commission approves rezoning for Shepherd business driveway and storage with conditions after resident concerns

Spalding County Planning Commission · October 29, 2025
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Summary

The planning commission approved rezonings Oct. 28 to allow a commercial driveway and expanded storage for John Shepherd’s business, but attached conditions to limit impacts on neighbors and protect the county road.

The Spalding County Planning Commission Oct. 28 approved two related rezoning petitions by John Shepherd that would enable a commercial driveway to access his business from 120 Airport Road and rezone two Oak Avenue parcels to expand storage for the same business, subject to multiple conditions.

Shepherd told the commission he purchased the Airport Road parcel to create an alternative commercial access after repeated incidents of large trucks contacting overhead utility wires at his Zebulon Road frontage. "I need to be able to…

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