Planning Commission To Consider Events Venue Request On U.S. 78

The Oconee County Planning Commission has a full agenda Monday night, including a request for commercial development along U.S. 78 near the Walton County line and for a new subdivision in the far south of the county at the Greene County line.

In both cases, the request is to convert land designated for agricultural use to development.

The developer of the of the 101 acres on U.S. 78 is proposing a restaurant and shops as well as a small hotel and conversion of and expansion of an existing home into an events venue as a way to preserve a historic homestead.

The developer of the 64 acres on Colham Ferry Road on the Green County line is proposing to convert forested land into a five-lot subdivision.

The Planning Commission also will consider requests to convert just under three acres on Mars Hill Road from agricultural use to commercial use, to expand a mini storage facility on commercial land in Bogart, and to convert a commercial lot adjoining the Belfair subdivision into a residential lot.

The county Planning and Code Enforcement staff also will present the Commission with recommended changes in three articles in the county’s Unified Development Code.

For more details on the rezones, please go to Oconee County Observations.