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Commission recommends industrial rezoning for 22.56 acres with strict access and buffer conditions
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning 22.557 acres to M‑2 for an industrial park but attached three conditions — limit Mudbridge Road access to passenger vehicles, require a 100‑foot landscape buffer adjacent to residential properties, and require site‑plan approval (or a development agreement) before permits.
The Upson County Planning Commission recommended that the county commissioners approve an Industrial Development Authority request (REZ202605) to rezone roughly 22.557 acres from AR to M‑2 for an industrial park, subject to multiple conditions aimed at protecting adjacent residential property and limiting truck traffic on local roads.
Staff summarized additional materials from the IDA, including conceptual site layouts and a letter from the authority's executive director and chairman. Chase Fallon, identified in the meeting as "chairman of the Industrial Development Authority," noted the tract contains transmission lines that could limit developable acreage and emphasized restricting truck access on Mudbridge Road.
After substantial discussion about buffers, setbacks and road improvements, the commission agreed to three conditions to accompany a recommendation to the county commissioners: 1) access from Mudbridge Road to the rezoned parcel shall be limited to passenger vehicles only (no commercial access), 2) a 100‑foot landscape or natural vegetation buffer shall be preserved or planted along all property lines adjacent to residentially zoned properties (buffer planting to be approved by the planning and zoning director during site‑plan review), and 3) site‑plan approval by the planning commission — or a development agreement approved by the board of commissioners that addresses road and access improvements — is required before any development permits may be issued.
Board members emphasized the planning commission is issuing a recommendation only; the board of county commissioners retains final approval authority. Staff and several members recommended that the development agreement or site plan address road upgrades if commercial traffic is proposed.
