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Glynn County commissioners approve Bell Farm rezoning to allow denser housing, impose 25-foot height cap and bar multistory apartments
Summary
After public opposition focused on traffic and drainage, Glynn County commissioners approved rezoning ZM-2531 (Bell Farm) to General Residential with conditions including a 25-foot maximum building height and language intended to prevent multistory apartment "flats;" the motion passed 5–2.
The Glynn County Board of Commissioners voted 5–2 on Dec. 18 to approve ZM-2531, a rezoning request that changes roughly 47.5 acres near Exit 29 from Forest Agricultural and Highway Commercial to General Residential, a zoning district that permits up to 10 units per acre.
The approval included conditions drafted by staff and the applicant that limit building height to 25 feet on the property and aim to prevent vertically stacked, multistory attached flats that would function as apartment complexes. The applicants and county staff said detailed site plans, traffic studies and GDOT access approvals will be required at later stages.
The Planning & Zoning Director, Stephanie Lee, told commissioners the sketch plan presented by the applicant shows 169 lots but cautioned that a conceptual rezoning to GR could allow as many as about 470 units at the district’s maximum…
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