Developer Asking Oconee County Commissioners For Variance To Mars Hill Overlay District Building Height Restriction

Owners of the property on the southeast corner of SR 316 and the Oconee Connector are asking the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night to set aside a restriction approved just last year limiting building height in the Mars Hill Overlay District.

The property owners, 316 Holding Group, also are asking for a change in the zoning of the 4.5-acre parcel from one type or business use to another to allow for the possible development of a restaurant and hotel on the property.

The parcel will have a full median break when the widening of the Oconee Connector is complete, meaning that traffic from the property and an adjoining parcel will be able to make left turns and right turns into and out of the property.

The median cut now being constructed will be about two-third of the way between SR 316 and Daniells Bridge Road, meaning the left-turns out will be into a lane turning left onto Daniells Bridge Road.

The Board also is scheduled to announce appointments to a number of citizen committees, including the Industrial Development Authority.

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Pictured: County Attorney Daniel Haygood, County Administrator Justin Kirouac, County Clerk Kathy Hayes.