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Commissioners deny Cleveland Hwy rezoning, approve three other rezoning requests and sign off on annexation responses
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Summary
The Board voted 4-0 to deny a rezoning request for 2813 Cleveland Highway, approved three other rezoning petitions (Reed Road, Lowe Road, Dawnville Road), and registered no land-use objections for two municipal annexations.
Whitfield County commissioners on Aug. 12 denied one rezoning request and approved three others, all by unanimous 4-0 votes.
Commissioner John Thomas moved to deny the planning commission's recommendation to rezone a 0.96-acre parcel at 2813 Cleveland Highway (Parcel 12-051-58-000) from General Commercial (C-2) to High Density Residential (R-7); the motion passed 4-0. The Board recorded no supporting rezoning conditions in the minutes.
The Board approved a rezoning and Special Use Permit for Gerald and Donna Clark to rezone 13.47 acres on Reed Road from Rural Residential (R-5) to General Agriculture (GA), approved a rezoning for Jesse W. Kell to move 1.25 acres at 1086 Lowe Road from General Agriculture (GA) to Rural Residential (R-5), and approved rezoning 1.02 acres at 1275 Dawnville Road NE for Charles K. Trew from General Commercial (C-2) to Low Density Single Family Residential (R-2). Each motion passed 4-0.
Separately, the Board raised no land use classification objections to a City of Varnell annexation (parcel 11-192-14-012) and to Town of Cohutta annexations (parcels 11-062-01-069 and 11-062-01-078); both motions passed unanimously.
The decisions were recorded as motions with seconder and vote tallies in the meeting minutes. No appeals, conditions or deferred readings were recorded in the minutes for these items; the Board did not hold recorded roll-call rollbacks or split votes on these matters at the meeting.