Staff recommended denial of the first of two Valdosta items, and of the one Hahira item, on the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) agenda for 5:30 PM, Monday, June 29, 2026.

The first recommendation for denial is 9. CU-2026-05, Tierra Inman, CUP, 602 Ulmer Avenue Tax Parcel 0161A 219 which is another request for a double-wide mobile home in a stick-built neighborhood. Neither GLPC nor the Valdosta City Council likes those.

The Hahira recommendation for denial is 11. HA-2026-01, Williams Investment Company, Variances Section 5-6.1 Hahira Subdivision Regulations Access Standards, I-75 Exit 29 at Union Road.

“In this particular case, it is very clear that the applicant’s request for Variances is simply a matter of convenience and that the conditions triggering the need for Variance are self-imposed. They can be easily avoided, and they do not extend from any legitimate hardship that is peculiar to the current conditions of the land nor the development thereon (it is all vacant property and this is all new development). Therefore, these Variance requests should be denied.”

Packet: 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira @ GLPC 2026-06-29, 2 staff recommendations for denial

Narrator: the City Planner for both cities is Matt Martin.

The board packet materials for these items, received belatedly in response to a LAKE open records request, are on the LAKE website. Images of each page are below.

See also the agenda and the board packet materials for the Lowndes County cases.

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9. CU-2026-05, Tierra Inman, CUP, 602 Ulmer Avenue Tax Parcel 0161A 219

a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow the placement of a mobile home in a Single-Family Residential (R-6) zoning district.
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Planning Analysis & Property Information
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Comprehensive Plan Issues
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Development Review Comments
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Zoning Location Map
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Aerial Location Map
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Future Development Map
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Letter of Intent from Paul Inman for himself and Teirra Inman
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Floor plan
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Rendering of front
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Sketch map of placement on parcel
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10. VA-2026-06, Parker Investment Properties, DR-10 to O-P, 114 West Moore Street

to convert the existing building to a Hair Salon.
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Planning Analysis & Property Information
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Comprehensive Plan Issues
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Development Review Comments
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Zoning Location Map
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Future Development Map
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Aerial Location Map
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Description of 114 West Moore Street, Parcel 0115B 112
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Existing Conditions of 114 West Moore St
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Rezoning Map for Parker Investments Properties LLC
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11. HA-2026-01, Williams Investment Company, Variances Section 5-6.1 Hahira Subdivision Regulations Access Standards, I-75 Exit 29 at Union Road

as well as to Section 6-1 of the Hahira Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to Lot Width requirements in a Highway Commercial (C-H) zoning district.
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Variance Review Criteria
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Section 12-3 Request for Variance.
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Development Review Comments
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Zoning Location Map
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Aerial Location Map
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Application Checklist
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CITY OF HAHTRA VARIANCE APPLICATION
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3) Owner Information:
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7) Variance Review _& Decision Process:
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Mailing Address: /od S. Church Street Aahun, GA 3/642
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The request is to secure a variance…
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Proposed Subdivision Plat
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Conceptual Plan
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Conceptual Plan with plain background
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