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Upson County planning commission debates broad zoning text amendments, postpones two items into consolidated package
Summary
Commissioners held a workshop‑style review of proposed zoning text amendments — covering accessory dwelling units, tiny homes, reversion language, flag‑lot rules, lot sizes, and truck‑parking definitions — and voted to fold two standalone text amendments into a comprehensive packet to return with redlines.
Upson County planning commissioners spent a large portion of their meeting reviewing draft text amendments to the county's zoning ordinance, debating how to handle accessory dwelling units (ADUs), tiny homes, lot‑size and frontage rules, flag‑lot standards, a proposed reversion clause and new rules for commercial truck parking.
At the start of the discussion the commission agreed to postpone two discrete text amendments and fold them into a single consolidated packet that staff and the consultant will refine and return to the commission for a workshop and then forward to the board of commissioners by the end of July. A motion to postpone and include amendments B and C in the larger package carried by voice vote.
Consultant (speaker S4) described several of the substantive changes under review: adding clear definitions for accessory dwelling units and tiny homes, adjusting variance…
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