Politics & Government
Commissioners To Consider 2 Rezones With Regional Impact
One rezone is for a shopping center at U.S. 78 and Mars Hill Road. The other is for a financial center on Epps Bridge Parkway.
Two business rezones with regional implications for the county will be before the Oconee County Board of Commissioners when it holds it regular meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) night.
The first and largest of the projects is a request by Butts County developer Bill Jones for a rezone of 32 acres at Mars Hill Road and U.S. 78 for a commercial development. The Board, at Jones’ request, postponed action on that rezone at its meeting on April 2.
The Board’s decision will greatly influence future development along SR 316.
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The second is a request for a rezone of 1.4 acres on Epps Bridge Parkway at Pine Ridge Court from a two-family residential classification to a general business district.
The property owner is proposing to tear down three duplexes on the site and build a two-story financial center with commercial banking operations and associated office space.
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The duplexes were built following a rezone in 1980 for the Pine Ridge Apartments subdivision.
Although the area across Epps Bridge Parkway is commercial, the property adjoining the 1.4 acres currently is zoned agriculture and residential, with the largest tract zoned for mobile homes.
The development, if approved, is likely to be a forerunner of commercial development on the eastern side of Epps Bridge Parkway near the county line.
For more on the two rezone requests and a video of the April Oconee County Planning Commission meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.