Community Corner
Developer Asks To Withdrawal Plans Before Oconee County Commissioners For RV Storage Facility
The request to withdraw the application follows a strong showing by opponents of the project at the Planning Commission.
The developer of a proposed recreational vehicle storage facility at the corner of New High Shoals Road and Union Church Road Friday asked to withdraw the application for the rezone needed for the facility.
Williams and Associates, representing property owners Herbert E. Michael and Mark Selvidge and Ted Evans Jr., of Watkinsville Storage, gave no reason in the short letter filed with the Oconee County Planning Department for the request to withdraw the rezone from the Jan. 6 agenda of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners.
The request follows a unanimous vote of the Planning Commission on Monday night against the rezone request. That vote came after critical comments by a room full of citizens in attendance at the meeting.
The Board of Commissioners will have to vote formally at its January meeting to withdraw the rezone request since the item already has been acted upon by the Planning Commission, according to B.R. White, director of the Oconee County Planning Department.
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