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Whitfield County approves multiple rezoning requests, grants special-use permit for landfill
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Summary
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners approved several zoning map changes Jan. 12, including a special-use permit and rezoning to allow the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Management Authority to pursue a 15.57-acre landfill site on Gazaway Road; other residential and commercial rezonings were approved, one denied and one postponed.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of rezoning requests and a special-use permit for a landfill during its Jan. 12 meeting.
Chairman Jevin Jensen and commissioners voted 4-0 to grant the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Management Authority a special-use permit and to rezone three parcels totaling 15.57 acres on Gazaway Road to General Agriculture to accommodate landfill use. The board acted on the planning commission’s recommendation. No public objections were recorded in the minutes for the landfill item.
The board also approved rezoning requests from Suburban Agriculture to Rural Residential for a 3.4-acre tract on Red Clay Road (Paul Bagby), from R-2 to General Agriculture for a 7.98-acre tract at 1808 Greeson Drive (Michael Fowler), and from General Agriculture to Rural Residential for an 11-acre tract at 3023 Hickory Flats Road (Edward and Teana Ponders). Other approvals included rezoning to Low Density Single Family Residential for a 10.29-acre tract at Prospect and Cohutta Beaverdale Road (Wise Home Builders), and the rezoning of two parcels on Lower Dug Gap Road from General Commercial to Low Density Single Family Residential (Jerry Johns).
The board denied the request by Ricardo and Ana Palomo to rezone 1.85 acres at 475 Dawnville Road from R-2 to R-5, per the planning commission recommendation, and voted to postpone a 61.24-acre rezoning request from SDH Atlanta LLC at Reed Road/Rauschenburg Road. The board approved a rezoning for Rosa Lopez on Sheridan Road to R-7, contingent on removal of septic tanks and connection to public sewer for proposed duplexes.
Each planning item was taken on its merits during the session; where conditions were required by the board, the minutes note those conditions (for example, the septic removal and sewer connection requirement attached to the Rosa Lopez approval). The board’s actions were recorded as motions carried by 4-0 votes.
What’s next: Applicants affected by the approvals and conditions may proceed with permitting processes consistent with county rules and any conditions the board attached. The postponed SDH Atlanta LLC application will appear on a future agenda when the applicant requests a new hearing or when the commission sets a date.