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County amends zoning rules to allow smaller multifamily units and approves multiple rezoning requests
Summary
Whitfield County updated its Unified Zoning Ordinance to permit some smaller one-bedroom units and allow multifamily dwellings in the Mixed-Use zone; the board also approved several individual rezoning requests and sent one back to planning.
On May 9 the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners approved amendments to the Unified Zoning Ordinance and acted on several rezoning requests recommended by the Planning Commission.
The text amendment changes Chart 3-7 so that, inside the City of Dalton, "70% of the total dwelling units must be 900 SF or larger" in the R-7 district, creating some allowance for one-bedroom apartment units within larger multi-family developments. The amendment also adds Multi-Family Dwellings as a permitted use in the Mixed-Use (MU) zone district. Commissioner Robby Staten moved the ordinance text changes; Commissioner John Thomas seconded and the motion passed 3-0.
The Board approved specific rezoning requests recommended by planning: Rolanda Luna (M-2 to R-5, 0.39 acres at 332 Ponders Drive SE), Perry Smith (R-2 to R-5, 1.26 acres at 138 Bloomfield Way), and David and Lucretia Wilkins (C-2 to R-5, 0.88 acres on Sosebee Drive). The Board denied the request from Jeffrey Lea and Brandon Harrison (R-2 to R-3 on Mill Creek Road) and returned the Crow Road Holdings request (3424 Chattanooga Road) to the Planning Commission for further review.
The changes aim to increase housing flexibility inside Dalton and to allow mixed residential-retail development in MU zones. The Board voted 3-0 on the package of text changes and rezoning motions.
