Community Corner
Oconee County Approves Rezone Request for Senior Facility Off Virgil Langford Road After Nearly An Hour Of Discussion
Board of Commissioners Approved Rezone Request for The Fairways Seniors Community after lengthy negotiation over the looks of buildings.
The owners of 24.6 acres just off Virgil Langford Road got their rezone last night from the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, but only after lengthy negotiations.
Ken Beall of Beall and Company, representing Eco Development Group LLC, agreed to place a condition on the rezone of the property for The Fairways Seniors Community requiring that buildings have brick, stucco, stone or cultured stone exteriors, architectural shingles, and varied facades.
No citizens spoke against the rezone, which had been recommended by the Planning Commission as well as by the county planning staff.
Beall agreed to the condition after being pushed by Commissioner Jim Luke, who lives at 1021 Millers Point, across a Jennings Mill Country Club fairway from the planned continuing care retirement community.
Luke seemed to be an unlikely obstacle to the rezone, as he has been an advocate of prezoning of property by the BOC as a means of speeding up projects in quickly developing corridors such as the one represented by the Fairways project.
For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Commissioner Jim Luke.