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Whitfield County approves multiple rezoning requests; several votes recorded 4-0
Summary
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners on March 13 approved a series of planning commission rezoning recommendations, including commercial and residential rezonings and a special-use permit for an event center; one vote recorded 3-0 with a recusal.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of rezoning requests on March 13, 2023, acting on recommendations from the county planning commission.
Among the actions, the Board approved rezoning requested by Jeffrey Williams from Suburban Agriculture (SA) to General Commercial (C-2) for a 2.92-acre tract on Carbondale Road (parcel 13-173-31-000). The minutes record that the motion passed 3-0, with Commissioner John Thomas recused from that vote.
Other approved rezoning requests included: Billy Spence from Low Density Single Family (R-2) and Medium Density Single Family (R-3) to Rural Residential (R-5) for 2.418 acres (parcels 12-205-01-032 and 12-205-01-033); Jose Reyes Garcilazo from Heavy Manufacturing (M-2) to Rural Residential (R-5) for 1.52 acres at 308 Shady Drive (parcel 12-351-03-004); Steve Cardin from R-2 to R-5 for 0.45 acres at 1025 Reed Rd (parcel 12-085-26-000); and Leonard Cochran Jr. from R-5 to Neighborhood Commercial (C-1) for 0.49 acres at 1117 Beaverdale Rd NE (parcel 11-307-32-000) with the condition that no other commercial buildings be built on the property.
The Board also approved rezoning for Mary Dunn from R-5 to General Agriculture (GA) for two tracts totaling about five acres at 1688 LaFayette Rd, Rocky Face (parcels 27-264-13-000 and 27-264-04-000), and approved Hardnett+Peck, LLC to rezone from Estate Residential (R-1) to General Agriculture (GA) with a special-use permit for an event center on ~38.2 acres along Dug Gap Mountain Rd (parcel 12-244-03-000). The minutes record these motions as approved with votes listed as 4-0 in favor for most items; in the Williams and one Hardnett+Peck vote Commissioner Thomas is recorded as recused where noted.
The Board did not provide substantive debate recorded in the minutes on these items beyond reading the planning commission recommendations; resident Vicky Alt had earlier urged commissioners to consider noise impacts related to the Williams rezoning request during the public comment period.
What happens next: Approved rezonings will be processed through the county planning and permitting workflow. Where a commissioner recused, the minutes record the recusal but do not specify the reason.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the minutes): all listed approvals are recorded as either 4-0 or, where noted, 3-0 with Commissioner Thomas recused. The minutes list which commissioners were "in agreement" for each vote.
