A Doctor’s Office, A Church And A Farm Are On Zoning Agenda For Oconee County Commissioners’ Meeting

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to conduct public hearings on Tuesday night on zoning requests involving an office park near Butler’s Crossing, a neighborhood church near U.S. 78 in the west of the county, and a farm in the far south of the county.

If the BOC follows staff recommendations, it will allow for expansion of a doctor’s office, for conversion of a church from neighborhood scale to community scale, and for subdivision of a farm on a dirt road.

The doctor’s office is in Twelve Oaks Office Park on Hog Mountain Road east of Butler’s Crossing. The owner of the building wants to expand the footprint beyond what is allowed by current zoning ordinance.

The church, Living Word Baptist, is on Ruth Jackson Road just before its intersection with U.S. 78. The church wants to greatly expand its facilities, adding new buildings, a baseball field, and new entrances on Ruth Jackson Road and on Clotfelter Road.

Lori Ray is asking the county to allow her to divide out five acres from a 49-acre-parcel owned by her aunt and uncle, John Durham Hayes and Debra Marie Hayes, so she can purchase the five-acre-parcel, leaving the remaining acreage with her aunt and uncle. The existing dwelling is on the five acres.

The BOC is scheduled to take up the zoning issues near the beginning of its meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at the courthouse in Watkinsville.

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