Gordon County approves industrial site rezonings
♦ A distribution center is proposed for a former truck stop site.
Three rezoning requests were approved by the Gordon County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night, including a pair of industrial development properties.
Commissioners unanimously approved the rezoning of a former truck stop property at 3092 Highway 41 from A-1 agricultural to I-1 light industrial.
Applicant Scott Jones of Stream Realty Acquisition LLC said the nearly 39 acres would be used to develop a distribution center, but an occupant has not yet been identified.
One local resident spoke during the public hearing for the rezoning, asking if the applicants had any plans to have traffic from the site exit onto Old Dixie Highway to the east. Jones assured the board that traffic would exit onto Highway 41 to the west.
Also approved was the rezoning of yet another OWR LLC property off Highway 41 at Trimble Hollow Road from A-1 agricultural to I-2 heavy industrial.
OWR LLC’s request for rezoning the 38 acres drew no comment from the public during a hearing.
Another request by Leonidas Efstathiou to rezone a property at 4952 Fairmount Highway from crossroads
commercial to R-1 residential was approved by the commission.
The board approved a budget amendment to receive a $175,000 Georgia Department of Transportation safety grant, and reappointed Lane Bennett to the Highland Rivers Board of Directors for a three-year term ending June 30, 2024.
A quit claim deed was granted to Carlton Hyde for an abandoned portion of Old Corinth Road, as well as a $49,141 additional architectural fee for the third floor of the main courthouse.
That redraw fee is for new walls and electrical changes to the plan to accommodate plan changes between both the main courthouse and courthouse annex so the elections office can be housed downtown and not require a new facility.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the commission also heard from landfill officials representing Republic Services, the company that recently took over operations after acquiring Santek.
Representatives said the landfill is committed to allowing no odors to affect nearby
residents and will continue to pick up trash and keep the area around the landfill clean.
Commissioner Bruce Potts expressed concern over the percentage of trash accepted from outside the county into the landfill. Republic representatives said the fact that they facility is no longer accepting sludge from Cobb County recently cut the percentage down significantly.
The next meeting of the Gordon County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 3. Regular meetings are open to the public.