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Upson County commission recommends denial of proposed Fire Tower Road veterinary clinic and related variance
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents and a lengthy staff analysis, the Upson County Planning and Accounting Commission voted to recommend denial of a special exception for a veterinary hospital on Fire Tower Road and denied the companion variance, citing ordinance criteria including an arterial-road requirement and variance hardship standards.
At its January 2026 meeting the Upson County Planning and Accounting Commission voted to recommend denial of a special exception for a proposed veterinary hospital on Fire Tower Road and separately denied the related variance request, following a staff presentation and more than two hours of public comment.
The commission's staff report said the AR (agricultural-residential) district allows "hospitals" only where three conditions are met, including that the lot front on an arterial street; staff concluded the parcel does not meet that requirement and recommended denial of the variance. As the zoning administrator summarized, "Easement is not recognized as legal access. It has to be fee simple, your parcel touches either a private road or a public road, and that's in your subdivision ordinance." The staff memo and…
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