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Planning commission backs allowing concrete and asphalt plants in industrial zones, with conditions
Summary
The Greater Tift County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended amendments to the county zoning code to allow concrete batch plants in WLI and HI districts with supplemental standards (buffers, fencing, lighting, hours, parcel size, arterial road siting) and to add asphalt plants to a list of allowed uses; staff presented the recommendations at the April 4 workshop.
At the Tift County Board of Commissioners workshop on April 4, Community Services Director Chris Davis summarized Planning Commission recommendations to amend the Unified Development Code to allow certain industrial uses.
On TC-TA-23-01, the Planning Commission recommended permitting permanent and portable concrete batch plants in Wholesale/Light Industrial (WLI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) districts, subject to supplemental standards. Davis listed the Planning Commission's conditions: a six-foot privacy fence; an additional 10-foot buffer when adjacent to residentially zoned property; property lighting directed inward; hours of operation not to exceed 6:00 p.m. on weekdays; a minimum parcel size of five acres; and siting on arterial roads.
On TC-TA-23-02, Davis reported the Planning Commission recommended modifying Item 5.33 in the code to read "including asphalt plants," adding asphalt plants to the enumerated uses where that line applies. The workshop record reflects the Planning Commission recommendation and staff presentation; the transcript does not record public opposition or a board decision at the April 4 workshop.
The board indicated these items were on the public hearings docket; staff framed the changes as code updates intended to manage siting and operational impacts through the supplemental standards. The transcript contains no formal vote by the Board of Commissioners on either text amendment during the workshop; next procedural steps would be consideration at the regular meeting docket.
Supporters or opponents are not recorded in the workshop transcript; the Planning Commission's recommended conditions are the principal constraints reflected in the record.
