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Board denies Airport Road driveway for Shepherd business, tables related Oak Avenue rezoning
Summary
Spalding County commissioners voted to deny a request to create a commercial driveway on Airport Road for John Shepherd's business after neighbors cited safety and traffic concerns; the board tabled the separate Oak Avenue PDD rezoning for storage to allow the applicant to revise conditions on parking, buffers and access.
On Nov. 20 the Spalding County Board denied a proposal to create a new commercial driveway from Airport Road to serve John Shepherd’s business and tabled a related request to rezone nearby Oak Avenue parcels to a Plan Development District (PDD) for expanded storage use.
Neighbors told the board that Airport Road is a narrow residential two‑lane road, and they argued that turning tractor‑trailers and dump trucks onto a 12–15‑foot proposed driveway would be unsafe and would exacerbate existing congestion near the Ziegler Road intersection. Bridal Adams, speaking for elderly neighbors at 114 Airport Road, said the…
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