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Dawson County planning panel approves rezoning for warehouse and flex development with traffic, buffer conditions
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Summary
The Dawson County Planning Commission approved rezoning of roughly 20.89 acres from residential‑agriculture to commercial‑highway intensive to allow office, flex and warehouse uses, placing conditions on a 15‑foot right of way, a 20‑foot landscape buffer, median treatment and a Public Works review of access throat depth.
The Dawson County Planning Commission on April meeting approved a rezoning request that will allow a proposed office, flex and warehouse complex along Lumpkin Campground Road, voting 3‑0 to grant the change with conditions intended to protect roadway safety and require frontage improvements.
The commission approved application ZA 26‑14, a request from Bold Wealth Management to rezone approximately 20.89 surveyed acres from RA (residential‑agriculture) to CHI (commercial‑highway intensive). Commissioners attached conditions including conveying an additional 15 feet of right of way along the frontage, installing a 20‑foot landscape buffer, installing median treatment to limit left turns at one access, and directing Public Works to study and, if necessary, require a deeper entrance “throat” to the first parking access.
The applicant's presenter described a site plan with three retail buildings and two flex spaces in front and three single‑use warehouses in the rear and confirmed Bold Wealth Management has developed similar projects elsewhere in the region. The presenter said the applicant would comply with county standards, including the landscape strip: “we are willing to comply that code to bring the 20 feet landscape strip by the front,” the applicant said.
Elizabeth White, who said the land has been in her family since the late 1960s, urged the commission to approve the rezoning and told commissioners the request is consistent with the county’s comprehensive plan. “This land has been in our family since the late 60s for over 50 years,” White said, and asked the commission to allow development that she said aligns with surrounding commercial parcels.
A neighbor, Randy Evans, who identified himself as the operator of Lumpkin Campground adjacent to the parcel, asked whether the road would be widened, whether sewer was available, and what buffers and infrastructure changes to expect. The chair referred technical questions to the zone administrator (Miss Pritchard); staff offered to follow up by email with project and infrastructure details. Public works staff told the commission that Lumpkin Campground Road and nearby intersections are on the county’s five‑year project list and that “later this year, construction will start for intersection improvements” at one priority location; some locations may be signalized or converted to roundabouts depending on right‑of‑way and topography.
During deliberations a commissioner asked for explicit conditions to ensure safe access for the scale of development—requesting that public works recheck entrance throat depths and that a median treatment be included to enforce a write‑in/write‑out access where recommended. Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the rezoning with the listed conditions; the motion carried 3‑0.
Planning staff reported no other updates. The commission adjourned following the vote.
What happens next: The applicant must meet the conditions set by the commission (additional right of way, landscape buffer and any public works requirements) before final development permits are issued; staff offered to provide follow‑up information to neighbors about road and utility timing by email.
