Zoning board recommends rezoning 6.4 acres on Woodbine Road to highway commercial; residents raise traffic concerns

The zoning board recommended rezoning roughly 6.4 acres along Woodbine Road from agricultural to Highway Commercial Development after hearing from the applicant’s attorney and one nearby resident.

Attorney Roy Andrews, representing Pinkard Legacy Holdings LLC, said the likely long-term use is medical-office-focused development and described the proposal as a transitional commercial frontage between agricultural and emerging commercial uses. Andrews said the owner envisions a medical office as a long-range plan and interim retail uses in the near term. “This is a reasonable transitional zoning,” Andrews said.

A Woodbine resident, Maria Tucker, told the board she did not oppose medical uses but worried retail or other commercial types could increase traffic and noise near existing neighborhoods. Staff and board members discussed the scope of commercial zoning — the county’s commercial district can allow a wide range of uses — and noted the Live Local Act could allow multifamily in some commercial zones under state rules. The board voted to recommend the rezoning (recorded at 5–3); staff reminded the applicant the final decision is on the Board of County Commissioners agenda for July 23 at 5 p.m.