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Planning commission backs raising minimum lot size in agricultural zoning to five acres
Summary
The commission recommended the Board of Supervisors change the minimum lot size from two to five acres in the A-2 agricultural zoning district after a motion and discussion about impacts on family subdivisions and differing rules in other districts.
The Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors increase the minimum lot size for lots in the A-2 (agricultural) zoning district from two acres to five acres. A commissioner moved the recommendation, and the motion drew discussion about whether the change should apply only to agricultural districts or to other zones such as R-1 or R-2; the motion was then restated to apply specifically to the A-2 district and was seconded and approved.
Commissioners and staff noted the change would affect family subdivisions and R-2/R-3 districts where minimums also vary, and some commissioners said exemptions or different rules may be needed in smaller, denser districts. Miss Johnson warned that the change would affect pending family-subdivision applications in Cartersville. "So just for the A-2 zoning district... I move that the planning commission recommends that the acreage requirement for our total zone area be moved from 2 to 5," the chair restated when formalizing the motion.
