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Tift County board approves Highway 82 West commercial overlay to ease rezoning

Tift County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Summary

The Tift County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the Unified Development Code creating a commercial overlay along Highway 82 West from 3732 Highway 82 West to the Ty Ty city limits, extending 1,000 feet from the road centerline, aiming to reduce parcel rezonings and permit CC and GB uses.

The Tift County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 9 approved TC-TA-23-05, a Unified Development Code amendment establishing a commercial overlay along Highway 82 West.

Community Development Services Director Chris Davis told the board staff prepared the overlay to "create a commercial overlay district along Highway 82 west" aligned with the county comprehensive plan and said it "should decrease the number of requested parcel rezonings and would allow uses in the Tift County Unified…

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