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Commission denies rezoning for Connection Church site at 255 Smithonia Road
Summary
After applicant presentations and neighbor objections about traffic, scale and greenbelt precedent, the commission voted to deny a request to rezone 30 acres at 255 Smithonia Road to allow construction of a new Connection Church Athens.
The Athens‑Clarke County commission voted on Dec. 2 to deny a zoning map amendment that would have changed roughly 30 acres at 255 Smithonia Road from AR (agricultural‑residential) to CR (commercial‑rural) for the construction of Connection Church Athens.
Applicant representative Chase Zesh (Armitron Matheny Thurman) told the commission the request was narrowly tailored for a single church use, limited…
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