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Commission recommends revised setback after finding adjacent chicken houses inactive
Summary
The commission recommended conditional approval of a request to revise a prior buffer tied to inactive poultry houses, replacing a 400-foot radius buffer with a 75-foot building setback after staff and an engineer said the chicken houses are no longer viable.
The commission recommended conditional approval of P250200, a request by Wallace and Lauren Miller to modify an earlier zoning condition that had reserved a large buffer from active poultry houses. Planning staff said the prior condition required a 400-foot-radius buffer tied to adjacent poultry houses; staff recommended a revised 75-foot building setback because recent inspections and information indicate the chicken houses are no longer in use.
Mark Campbell of Carter Engineering said photos and a review by poultry-science experts at the University of Georgia indicate the adjacent chicken houses have been inactive for years and that a 75-foot setback is appropriate. Alicia Borders, the real estate agent who sold the property, spoke in support and said the owners need usable acreage for the lot to function as intended.
Commissioners discussed that existing covenants and a developer-plated 75-foot setback would remain in force and noted that if poultry use resumed in future the county's code would require any new poultry operations to meet current separation rules. Commissioners voted to approve the revision and will forward their recommendation to the Board of Commissioners.
