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Planning board tables decision on 21‑acre Baca Ready Mix project after residents raise air, traffic and safety concerns
Summary
The Effingham County Planning Board on Nov. 12 tabled a request to rezone about 21.73 acres along US Highway 80 to allow a Baca Ready Mix concrete plant and commercial frontage, asking the applicant for written, enforceable conditions on dust control, hours, berming and access before the board will forward a recommendation.
The Effingham County Planning Board on Nov. 12 voted to table a request to rezone roughly 21.73 acres at 2388 U.S. Highway 80 from AR1 to a split zoning of B3 (front commercial) and HI (heavy industrial) to accommodate a ready‑mix concrete plant and retail office.
Chelsea, planning staff, said the parcel falls within a transitional area on the future land‑use map and that standard conditions for rezoning include an approved site plan, a signed plat and any required GDOT encroachment permits. Agent Neil McKenzie, representing owner Baca, described a two‑part project: retail/office frontage along Highway 80 and a…
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