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Coweta commissioners approve rezoning of Sharpsburg site for automobile contracts call center
Summary
The Board approved Petition REZ25-04 to rezone 0.92 acres at 8867 Highway 54 in Sharpsburg from C8 Heavy Commercial to OI (Office Institutional) to allow Automobile Acceptance Corporation to operate a call center; staff recommended conditions including compliance with county codes and full-cutoff lighting.
The Coweta County Board of Commissioners voted to approve Petition REZ25-04, rezoning 0.92 acres at 8867 Highway 54 in Sharpsburg from C8 Heavy Commercial to OI (Office Institutional) so Automobile Acceptance Corporation can operate a call center for automobile contracts.
Miss Blackwell, a county planner, told the board the property sits in the Quality Development Corridor Overlay District and is depicted in the county comprehensive plan’s employment-center character area, which supports the requested OI zoning. Staff recommended that the development comply with the Coweta County Code of Ordinances and that any site lighting use full-cutoff fixtures to limit glare onto adjacent properties.
Applicant Robert Culver said Automobile Acceptance has about 23 employees who would work at the Sharpsburg location. He told the board the business purchases loan contracts from dealers and would not bring vehicles to the site: “We have very little traffic, very little visitors coming in to see us,” he said. Culver noted the property was previously rezoned for a car dealership in 2019 but the owner is no longer selling cars there.
After closing the public hearing, a commissioner moved to approve the rezoning with the two staff conditions; the motion carried by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
The approval changes the zoning designation for the site to allow office/institutional use subject to the conditions adopted by the board. The board may consider compliance at the permitting stage and will enforce the conditions through standard development review processes.
