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Commission approves multiple rezonings and conditional uses; Walnut Grove officials voice opposition on several items
Summary
The board approved a series of rezonings and conditional uses including small residential lot splits and larger commercial parking facilities; city of Walnut Grove leaders and residents opposed one rezone near the new county park, but the board approved it with use-specific conditions.
Walton County commissioners voted on several land-use requests Tuesday, approving city-requested small-lot rezonings and larger commercial parking rezones while hearing strong objections from Walnut Grove leaders about compatibility and neighborhood character.
Smaller residential rezonings — including a 2.28-acre R-1 request from Kim Crow to create two ~1.1-acre lots (Z25-0327) and a one-acre rezone near the bypass for Bill/John Shea to highway-business B-3 (Z25-0332) — received no public opposition and were approved by the board.
Two contested commercial/parking requests drew public testimony from Walnut Grove officials and residents. For the Jose Alvarez Salazar request (Z25-0333) to…
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