Commissioners Turn Down Entrance Modification And Office Park

William Jones wanted to be allowed to have an entrance to his planned JP convenience store, gas station, and Burger King off Mars Hill Road just before it intersects with U.S. 78.

The Board of Commissioners said no.

John Allen Drew wanted to rezone 4.5 acres at the triangle created by SR 316, Dials Mill Spur and Dials Mill Extension so he could build a medical office business park.

The Board of Commissioners said no.

The Board did allow John Hadden to decrease the buffer between his Damn Good Dawg Farm on Cliff Dawson Road and neighboring residential property so he can hold special events at his blueberry farm.

The Board also granted a variance to waive buffers between office use and commercial use and single family residential use on lots in a 40-acre residential development on Stonebridge Parkway east of Butler’s Crossing.

The Board took these actions at its regular meeting on July 7, which ran for more than two hours and involved the first rezoning hearings held by the Board since it began meeting with limits on public attendance in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic

All three of the commissioners present wore masks, and Commissioner Chuck Horton, recovering from surgery, participated remotely.

For more on the story, with a video of the meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.