Commission Approves Small Lot Sizes For Moores Ford Road Rezone

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners last week reversed course and unanimously approved a rezone for Tracie and Thomas Hedges allowing them to subdivide their five-acre parcel on Moores Ford Road near the Apalachee River into three lots of 1.67 acres each.

Guy Herring, director of Planning and Code Enforcement for the county, told the Commissioners that the staff had changed its view of the request and was recommending approval in part because the Hedges made their rezone request during a “transition period” in the county codes.

At its Sept. 3 meeting, the Board had tabled a decision on the request by the Hedges, asking them to try to find a way to increase their parcel to six acres so that none of the lots would be less than 2 acres in size.

The Board took that action because a majority could not agree on how to handle the rezone request.

The Board of Commissioners meeting was a brief one, and even the decision on the Hedges rezone request did not involve any discussion.

For details of the rezone, and a video of the Commission meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.