Plans

for a 178-acre, 49-home subdivision on Ga.

Highway 92 south are on hold.

County

Commissioners last week tabled owner Addie

Oakley's request to change the property's zoning

category from A-R, which requires minimum lots of

five acres, to R-80, which would allow three-acre

lots. Commissioners Greg Dunn and Linda Wells

were absent due to illness, and anytime

commissioners are absent from zoning hearings,

applicants are allowed to postpone until the full

board is present.

Commissioners

will hear the request at their Thursday, Jan. 13

meeting. Both the county Planning Commission and

the Zoning Department staff have recommended

denial of the request, saying three-acre lots

would not be in character with the surrounding

area.

In

other zoning matters, commissioners:

Denied

a request from Mrs. Chhoun Men and Mr. and Mrs.

Lang Oun to change the final plat of Carriage

Park subdivision to divide their 2.72-acre lot

into two dwelling lots so a family member could

build a home. Although the zoning would allow the

smaller lots, Commissioner Herb Frady said he

opposed the change because the subdivision's lots

are larger, and the smaller lots would be out of

character. His motion to deny carried

unanimously.

Approved

Mr. and Mrs. Travis Williamson's request to

change a condition of the zoning on their 1.72

acres in Mackenzie Walk subdivision. The

condition was that any home on the property be at

least 80 feet from Eastin Road. The change

reduced the setback to 75 feet, to save a

100-year-old oak tree on the property.

Approved

a packaged beer and wine license for St. John's

Crossing store on Ga. Highway 85 south at

Bernhard Road. Owner Scott St. John replaced the

old store there with a new, modern one, requiring

the new license.

Approved

new rules for temporary classrooms for churches,

allowing the churches to use trailers during

expansion projects. The old rules allowed

temporary classrooms only during original

construction.

Tabled

until Jan. 13 a spate of amendments to the

county's land use plan. Commissioner Herb Frady

objected to one of the new paragraphs, which

would change the anticipated use of property at

Ga. Highway 85 and Bernhard Road from

"commercial" to "limited

commercial." Since three commissioners'

votes are required to pass such a change, and

only three commissioners were present, Frady's

objection amounted to a stalemate.

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