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Ware County staff seek to cut industrial rear setback from 100 to 25 feet
Summary
Interim Planning Director Dustin Minchew told the board a proposed text amendment would reduce the minimum rear setback in LI-Limited Industrial from 100 feet to 25 feet (matching GI), with a rail-adjacent waiver for loading; the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and no public speakers opposed. The item was added to the regular meeting agenda.
Interim Planning Director Dustin Minchew asked the Ware County Board of Commissioners to consider amending the Ware Zoning Resolution (Article VIII) to reduce the minimum rear setback in LI-Limited Industrial from 100 feet to 25 feet, aligning it with the GI-General Industrial district. He said the Waycross–Ware County Planning Commission unanimously approved the text amendment at its Sept. 11, 2025, meeting.
"Text would read as follows: '25 feet from the rear property line. Wherever a property line abuts a railway right-of-way, this setback requirement may be waived for the sole purpose of providing a facility for direct loading and unloading between railway cars and buildings,'" Minchew said. He noted the existing 100-foot setback for LI has been in place for several decades.
No members of the public spoke in support or opposition when the chairman asked; Minchew’s presentation and the planning commission recommendation were recorded and the item was added to the board’s regular meeting agenda for further consideration.
The amendment would allow smaller rear setbacks for limited-industrial parcels and explicitly permits a waiver where properties abut a rail right-of-way for loading functions. The board did not vote on the text amendment at the hearing; it was advanced to the regular meeting agenda for a future decision.
