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Planning staff recommends approval of three rezoning requests; planning commission recommended 6‑0

Pickens County Board of Commissioners · December 3, 2025
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Summary

Planning director presented three rezoning cases (RZ‑191024, RZ‑191034, RZ‑191040) to create small residential lots from agricultural or small‑ag zoning; planning staff recommended approval and the planning commission voted 6‑0 to forward each to the county commission for final action on Dec. 15.

Director Charles Reese summarized three rezoning cases forwarded with planning commission recommendations.

RZ‑191024 (applicant Howard Valmont) would rezone 1.5 acres of an 8.27‑acre tract from agricultural to rural residential to create a single buildable lot; staff recommended approval with the condition that the remaining ~6.77 acres be combined with a neighboring parcel to create a conforming agricultural lot. Planning commission recommended approval (6‑0).

RZ‑191034 (applicant Tina Davis Thomason) requests rezoning of 6.39 acres from small‑ag to rural residential to facilitate subdivision into two residential lots; the tract contains an existing ~6,000 sq. ft. garage building that must be permitted as a single‑family dwelling upon subdivision. Staff recommended approval with the permitting condition; planning commission recommended approval (6‑0).

RZ‑191040 (applicant Wesley Babcock) seeks to rezone 12.81 acres from agricultural to small‑ag to split the property between family members; proposed tracts would be approximately 6.65 and 5.03 acres. Staff said the change aligns with comprehensive plan objectives for the East Pickens Conservation Area, and planning commission recommended approval (6‑0).

What’s next: Each case will appear on the board’s Dec. 15 agenda for final consideration; staff incorporated the planning commission record and recommended conditions into materials forwarded to the commission.