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Glynn County approves Jenkins Farm rezone with paving condition after heated public hearing
Summary
After a three-hour public hearing that produced safety, environmental and legal questions, Glynn County commissioners approved a plan-development rezone for 18 Jenkins Farm parcels (ZM-25-21) 6-1, conditioning building permits on paving the causeway shown in the applicants conceptual plan.
Glynn County commissioners on Thursday approved a plan-development rezone for 18 parcels on Jenkins Farm Road that will allow owners to seek building permits tied to a private access easement, voting 6-1 after a long public hearing.
Planning and zoning director Stephanie Leaf told the board the parcel was split by survey in 2020 and that the county has treated that split as an "illegal subdivision" because it bypassed subdivision review. Staff recommended rezoning the listed parcels from Forest Agricultural to Conservation Preservation and creating a plan-development (PD) district that would set site-specific standards and bar further subdivision without returning to the county. Leaf said staffs recommended condition would require paving the causeway portion of Jenkins Farm Road as shown on the Robert Civil Engineering plans dated Feb. 24, 2026, before any building permits were issued.
"We view this as an illegal subdivision," Leaf said in her presentation, and added that a PD would limit future subdivision unless applicants refiled for amendments. Fire Chief Vinny De Cristoforo told…
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