Politics & Government
Oconee County Planning Commission Delays Action On Presbyterian Homes Rezone Request
Planning Commission members said they had not been given enough time to review materials submitted late by Presbyterian Homes.
The Oconee County Planning Commission tabled two controversial rezone requests Monday night, one without deliberation and the other following discussion lasting more than two and a half hours.
As expected, the Commission accepted the request of the developer of a proposed complex of office warehouses on Jimmy Daniell Road that the item be removed from the agenda.
The project had received a negative review by the Oconee County Planning Department staff, and the representative of the developer said he needed time to respond to the feedback.
The Commission proceeded with the public hearing on the rezone request by Presbyterian Homes of Georgia, gettings comments from eight citizens in favor and eight opposed.
The Commission voted to table action on the rezone request after several Commission members said they needed more time to sort out the information that had been provided to them.
The Commission did approve the request by the Sudie Clark Hanger Missionary Care Ministry for a special use permit to expand a religious retreat on Snow Mills Road. The Board of Commissioners is scheduled to take final action on that rezone request on April 7.
For more on this story, with video clips from the Planning Commission, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: PHG President Frank McElroy.