Rezone Request for Warehouse and Storage Facility Before Oconee County Commissioners

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night will be asked to rezone a three-acre tract that is part of an island circled by SR Loop 10, SR 316 and the Oconee Connector.

Owners of the tract, at the eastern terminus of Virgil Langford Road as it crosses a stub of Jennings Mill Road, want to build an indoor mini-warehouse and self-service storage facility on the property.

To be allowed to do that, they will need the Commissioners to grant them a rezone of the property from its current A-1 Agricultural status to B-2 Highway Business. They also need a special use allowance to construct their facility in the B-2 zoning category.

The Oconee County planning staff has recommended approval of both requests, and the Planning Commission did the same at its meeting on May 19.

Owners LCN Oconee LLC and Frank Halpin also are seeking two hardship variances. The first would allow for construction of a cul-de-sac on Virgil Langford Road without a turn-around, and the second is to allow for the facility on a local street rather than on a business thoroughfare.

For more on the story, with a link to a map with all of the street names, go to Oconee County Observations.