Meriwether commissioners deny rezoning request for Ellis & Forrest Roads subdivision

John Knight, representing Chisel Mill Design & Build LLC, asked the Meriwether County Board of Commissioners on June 23 to rezone a 25.87-acre parcel at Ellis and Forrest Roads from RR to R-1 to permit 1.5-acre lots for Phase I of a multi-phase subdivision. Knight said the developer’s revised proposal reduced Phase I to five lots and that a hydrant flow test and an existing service agreement supported supplying water to those lots. He told commissioners the developer planned to pave its portion of Ellis Road “in early 2027” if project costs and approvals remained favorable and said his company porposed homes in the high $300,000s to mid-$400,000s.