STANDING ROOM ONLY AT TUESDAY’S MEETING OF THE UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, HOMEOWNERS OPPOSED TO A CONVIENCE STORE MOVING CLOSER TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO DENY A REZONING APPLICATION FROM ROBERT CHANDLER TO REZONE 4 ACRES FROM R-2 TO C-2 AT WEST COUNTY ROAD AND HANNAH’S MILL ROAD. MR. CHANDLER SAID THE OWNERS OF THE CONVIENCE STORE AT THAT INTERSECTION DO NOT OWN THEIR BUILDING AND THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE HIS LAND AND BUILD A NEW STORE. ZONING DIRECTOR CHAD JACOBS TOLD THE BOARD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY REZONING BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS SPOT ZONING. ALSO HE NOTED THE COUNTY’S COMPREHANSIVE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED. SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS SPOKE AGAINEST THE REZONING,BRENT KING, DANIEL SMITH, AND RICHARD TYSON. THEY CONTENDED DEER CHASE WOULD BE IMPACTED BY MORE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ISSUES WERE INVOLVED. KING SAID THERE’S ALEADY A DRAINAGE PROBLEM ON HIS PROPERTY WHICH WOULD BE WORSE WITH A NEW STORE. ACCORDING TO CHANDLER, THE STORE OWNERS PLANNED TO PUT UP A PRIVACY FENCE, AND HE POINTED OUTA LAWNMOWER SHOP JUST DOWN THE WAY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA,SOMETHING HE CALLED SPOT ZONING. IN OTHER ACTION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED MIKE RAWLS, A REAL ESTATE APPRASER, TO THE UPSON COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS. RAWLS JOINS DAVID CALLAWAY AND TED MCKISSICK ON THE BOARD.
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