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Pickens County planning staff preview rezoning requests and introduce new director
Summary
Planning staff presented multiple rezoning and conditional-use items to the Pickens County Board of Commissioners and introduced Charles Reese as the new Planning & Development Director; staff recommended approval for several rezones and a conditional-use event venue will return with logistics for board review.
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners reviewed several land-use applications at a work session where the county introduced Charles Reese as its new Planning and Development Director. Planning staff, led by Ashley (Assistant Director, Planning and Development), summarized five applications that will appear at the next board meeting, including rezones and a conditional-use permit for an event venue at an existing farm winery.
Ashley said staff recommended approval of Donna Jackson’s proposal to rezone 5 acres of an 8.86-acre tract on Hidnco Road from agricultural to small-ag to allow sale of a 5-acre parcel while the remaining 3 acres are combined with an adjoining tract. The Planning…
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