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Packet: Propagation maps for Verizon tower in Langdale Park @ GLPC 2026-06-29

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Here is some information about the Verizon Wireless proposed communications tower in Langdale Park, that was missing from the board packet for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting on June 29, 2026.

There are still more missing pieces that are required by the county’s own Unified Land Development Code (ULDC):

  • An inventory in VALORGIS of the applicant’s existing towers or alternative tower structures. See ULDC 5.05.05.B.2
  • Signature and seal of “appropriate licensed professionals or qualified industry experts.” See 5.05.05.E
  • An argument for why Langdale Park would not be a “historic district” or a “scenic view corridor.” See 5.05.05.G.5
  • An argument for why hiking trails cleared by numerous citizens would not be public rights of way. See 5.05.05.I.I. and the Right-of-Way definition on page 1-25.

GLPC recommended approval of TWR-2026-02, but only by a split vote: LAKE videos to come.

The Lowndes County Commission will decide at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

[Packet: Propagation maps for Verizon tower in Langdale Park @ GLPC 2026-06-29]
Packet: Propagation maps for Verizon tower in Langdale Park @ GLPC 2026-06-29

The tower would be a stone’s throw from the main trail kiosk, at 30.885908, -83.320453, and right next to White Trail A, which many citizens helped clear of Hurricane Helene deadfalls.

Thanks to Jason Davenport, consultant for Lowndes County Planning, who sent this additional information in the morning before the meeting. He was responding to a followup I sent after the initial county response to the LAKE open records request of the previous Tuesday. My followup request was a brief version of the discrepencies I noted in the LAKE post with the previously-received TWR-2026-02 board packet materials. Continue reading →

Packet: 4 Dasher @ GLPC 2026-06-29

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Update 2026-07-04: Packet: Propagation maps for Verizon tower in Langdale Park @ GLPC 2026-06-29.

You can see in these packet materials how the four Dasher items are related, in the agenda for the Monday, June 29, 2026, Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC).

[Packet: 4 Dasher @ GLPC 2026-06-29, All related, On US 41 S]
Packet: 4 Dasher @ GLPC 2026-06-29, All related, On US 41 S

It took a while for them to arrive, since it was not obvious who was the contact or how to contact them. Now that that’s sorted, next time should be easier.

These GLPC board packet materials, received in response to a LAKE open records request, are on the LAKE website. Images of each page are below.

Also, after the GLPC meeting, Dasher put these materials on its own city webs ite. Now if they’ll just do that before the meeting, and if Lowndes County, Valdosta, Hahira, etc., will do the same, nobody will have to play this open records request game.

See also the agenda and the 2 Lowndes County tiems and the 2 Valdosta and the 1 Hahira items.

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DA-2026-0501 Request by Kenneth Allen to rezone 1 acre, 4406 US 41 S, Lake Park, AU to C-H

[History: This application represents the first of a series of coordinated zoning requests associated with the subdivision and reconfiguration of multiple adjoining parcels along the US Highway 41 corridor.]
History: This application represents the first of a series of coordinated zoning requests associated with the subdivision and reconfiguration of multiple adjoining parcels along the US Highway 41 corridor.
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[to bring the existing commercial use into compliance with zoning regulations and to support continued commercial activity on the site.]
to bring the existing commercial use into compliance with zoning regulations and to support continued commercial activity on the site.
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[STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval]
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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[ATTACHMENTS:]
ATTACHMENTS:
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[WRPDO Site Map]
WRPDO Site Map
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[Future Development Map]
Future Development Map
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[Zoning Location Map]
Zoning Location Map
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[Combination Survey]
Combination Survey
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DA-2026-0502 Request by Edwin Smith to rezone 1.003 acres, W US 41 S, A-U to C-H

[located the lot north of 0195 005 and currently vacant, being more specifically described as Lowndes County Tax Map 0193 Parcel 011.]
located the lot north of 0195 005 and currently vacant, being more specifically described as Lowndes County Tax Map 0193 Parcel 011.
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[to bring the newly created parcel into compliance with its intended commercial use (C-H zoning), while maintaining the remaining acreage to A-U zoning.]
to bring the newly created parcel into compliance with its intended commercial use (C-H zoning), while maintaining the remaining acreage to A-U zoning.
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[Page 3]
Page 3
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[STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval]
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
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[WRPDO Site Map]
WRPDO Site Map
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[Future Development Map]
Future Development Map
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[Zoning Location Map]
Zoning Location Map
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[Combination Survey]
Combination Survey
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DA-2026-0503 Request by Elwood Godwin to rezone 1.48 acres, A-U to C-H

[to change the zoning of 1.48 acres property located at 4432 US Hwy 41 S in the City of Lake Park, being more specifically described as Lowndes County Tax Map 0195 Parcel 006.]
to change the zoning of 1.48 acres property located at 4432 US Hwy 41 S in the City of Lake Park, being more specifically described as Lowndes County Tax Map 0195 Parcel 006.
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[to bring the existing business activities into compliance with zoning regulations.]
to bring the existing business activities into compliance with zoning regulations.
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[Page 3]
Page 3
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[STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval]
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
PDF

[WRPDO Site Map]
WRPDO Site Map
PDF

[Future Development Map]
Future Development Map
PDF

[Zoning Location Map]
Zoning Location Map
PDF

[Combination Survey]
Combination Survey
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DA-2026-0504, Elwood Godwin, Special Exception, 4432 US 41 S, Lake Park

[To allow the continued use of a residence and operation of a mobile home transport business within C-H (Highway-Commercial) zoning district]
To allow the continued use of a residence and operation of a mobile home transport business within C-H (Highway-Commercial) zoning district
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[to continue both the business and the residence on his property.]
to continue both the business and the residence on his property.
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[Page 3]
Page 3
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[STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval]
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
PDF

[Combination Survey]
Combination Survey
PDF

PN

[Public Hearing Notice for DA-2026-05-01-a]
Public Hearing Notice for DA-2026-05-01-a
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[Public Hearing Notice for General Operating Budgets Ordinance]
Public Hearing Notice for General Operating Budgets Ordinance
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Packet: 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira @ GLPC 2026-06-29

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Update 2026-07-03: Packet: 4 Dasher @ GLPC 2026-06-29.

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]
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 Continue reading →

Packet: 4 Dasher, 2 Lowndes County inc. Verizon tower in Langdale Park, 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira @ GLPC 2026-06-29

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Update 2026-06-28: Packet: 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira @ GLPC 2026-06-29.

Update 2026-06-27: WWALS blog post Verizon tower in Langdale Park? @ GLPC 2026-06-29.

Verizon Wireless wants to put a communications tower in Langdale Park, a stone’s throw from the main kiosk, at 30.885908, -83.320453.

The rezoning sign is not in Langdale Park: it’s on the private property on Hyta Mederer Road, at 30.8870644, -83.3173206.

The FAA NOTICE CRITERA say it’s in Remerton.

The packet materials for TWR-2026-02 Bermuda Run say its address is 3781 North Valdosta Road, which is misleading at best.

[Packet: 4 Dasher, 2 Lowndes County, inc. Verizon tower in Langdale Park, 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira, @ GLPC 2026-06-29]
Packet: 4 Dasher, 2 Lowndes County, inc. Verizon tower in Langdale Park, 2 Valdosta, 1 Hahira, @ GLPC 2026-06-29

Also:

The decision to be made by the Board of Commissioners is not a zoning decision. It is a quasi-judicial decision whether the standards for a telecommunications tower in Section 5.05.05 of the ULDC are met.

The TRC analyzed the request, the standards set forth in Section 5.05.00 (attached), and Section 10.02.00 of the ULDC, and noted that Continue reading →

Videos: Lowndes County small subdivision and communications tower, Valdosta doublewide and contractor office @ GLPC 2026-05-26

Update 2026-06-07: Packet: Appointments to 3 Boards, 1 small subdivision, Old US 41 N widening, Alcohol, Sewage, insurance, bonds, and roads @ LCC 2026-06-08.

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commissioners unanimously recommended approval of all the cases, except the communications tower, which was withdrawn by applicant.

They spent by far the most time (17 and a half minutes) on 5. CU-2026-03 Request by Latoyona Speed and San Antonio Graham for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for placement of a mobile home in a Single-Family Residential (R-6) zoning district. They even suggested orienting the doublewide parallel with the street, until they realized that would leave only half a foot setback on each end.

[Videos: Lowndes County small subdivision, Communications tower withdrawn, Valdosta doublewide and, contractor office @ GLPC 2026-05-26]
Videos: Lowndes County small subdivision, Communications tower withdrawn, Valdosta doublewide and, contractor office @ GLPC 2026-05-26

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, with a few notes by John S. Quarterman, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the Continue reading →

Packet: communications tower and minutes of previous meeting @ GLPC 2026-05-26

Update 2026-05-30: Videos: Lowndes County small subdivision and communications tower, Valdosta doublewide and contractor office @ GLPC 2026-05-26.

Yesterday we finally got half of the missing items from the board packet for the Tuesday evening Planning Commission. We got the draft Minutes of the previous meeting, but not the materials for the withdrawn communications tower item.

[Packet: communications tower @ GLPC 2026-05-25, Minutes of previous meeting @ GLPC 2026-04-27]
Packet: communications tower @ GLPC 2026-05-25, Minutes of previous meeting @ GLPC 2026-04-27

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) almost never modifies their minutes from the initial draft. For example, for the June 30, 2025, GLPC meeting, there is no difference, other than the lack of a big slanted DRAFT marker, between the draft minutes and the approved minutes, by my visual and mechanical comparison. The approved minutes came from the Archive Center linked at the top of the Agenda Center page on lowndescounty.com.

The county could just go ahead and put the minutes of the previous meeting in the agenda center when they post the agenda for the current meeting.

The agenda also is not approved until the actual meeting, and sometimes changes. For example, for the May GLPC meeting, the TWR-2026-01 item was withdrawn after the agenda was posted.

I do not understand what advantage the county thinks it derives from lack of transparency.

We got the other Lowndes County parts of the GLPC packet for May 25 on May 22, in response to a LAKE GORA request of May 19. The City of Valdosta had already sent their items, and the other municipalities had responded saying they had none.

On May 24, I asked the county again: Continue reading →

Coleman Road potential datacenter site @ GLPC 2025-06-30

Update 2026-06-11: A version including links and pictures of the relevant Lowndes County Commission meetings, Rezoning application for potential datacenter, Coleman Road, Lowndes County 2025-06-30.

Somebody asked why three Planning Commissioners opposed the rezoning for the potential datacenter site south of North Valdosta Road and the Foxborough subdivision, on the west (right) bank of the Withlacoochee River.

According to the draft minutes of the July June 30, 2026 2025, GLPC meeting, “Four (4) voted in favor, three (3) opposed (Graham, J. Miller & Foreman) (4-3). Motion carried.”

Also according to those draft minutes:

  • “Commissioner Graham asked if tractor trailers are a concern. Mr. Dillard explained that Condition #2 addresses that with regard to any change of use and requirements.”
  • “Vice-Chairman Miller asked if studies have been done to assess the impacts on groundwater with similar developments. Mr. Langdale explained that new models address that with cooling/recycling water systems.”
  • “Commissioner Foreman asked to verify that the development is currently speculative. Mr. Langdale confirmed.”

See below for LAKE videos of everything everyone said about that rezoning item in that meeting.

[Coleman Road rezoning of potential datacenter site @ Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, June 30, 2025]
Coleman Road rezoning of potential datacenter site @ Greater Lowndes Planning Commission, June 30, 2025

If you want to know what they were thinking beyond that, you could go to tonight’s 5:30 PM GLPC meeting and ask them before or after the meeting.

For much more about datacenters, including the LAKE videos of the Lowndes County Commission meetings about this rezoning, see:

https://wwals.net/issues/datacenter

Commissioner Calvin Graham is a Lowndes County appointee. Commissioner George Foreman and Vice Chair James Miller are Valdosta appointees.

Please note that James Miller and Chairman Steve Miller are not the same person. Continue reading →

Packet: Lowndes County small subdivision and communications tower, Valdosta doublewide and contractor office @ GLPC 2026-05-25

The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) will meet Tuesday instead of its usual Monday, because of the Memorial Day Holiday.

Valdosta City staff recommend denial of a request to put a doublewide mobile home on N Barack Obama Boulevard because it might gasp! be unsightly. Nevermind the floor plan looks more substantial than many a stick-built house.

Lowndes County staff are fine with a tiny subdivision on US 41 S just north of the planned Lake Park Fire Station.

We don’t know their take on a communications tower near Meetinghouse Creek, upstream from the Little River west of Hahira, because they did not send that part of the board packet materials.

[Collage @ GLPC Packet 2026-05-26]
Collage @ GLPC Packet 2026-05-26

Here is the agenda.

The board packet materials, received from Lowndes County in response to a LAKE open records request, are on the LAKE website. Except for the materials they did not send for TWR-2026-01 Salem Church Communication Facility, Old Valdosta Road N., Hahira, GA ~25ac, Parcel 0008-010, and the minutes of the previous GLPC meeting. For the tower I’ve inserted a Lowndes County Tax Assessors map.

Images of each packet page we’ve got are below.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~

Monday, May 18, 2026 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia Continue reading →

Videos: 1 Lake Park, 2 Lowndes County, 4 Valdosta @ GLPC 2026-04-27

Update 2026-05-10: Packet: 3 rezonings, 4 road items, 1 beer and wine, VLCIA bonds, servers, debris hauler @ LCC 2026-05-11.

“Is a daycare center technically a club for babies?” GLPC Chair Steve Miller.

Lowndes County Planning JD Dillard said he would have to ask the zoning administrator for her interpretation, of 7. VA-2026-03 Request, Jonathan Irvin amended PD, mixed-use Child Daycare – School.

The Planning Commissioners found a way not to recommend denial even of the one item for which Valdosta City staff recommended denial, 6. CU-2026-02 Request by Hedgecock Investments LLC, Conditional Use Permit (CUP). They added to one of the conditions. Calvin Graham was the lone vote against. Afterwards he told me he just didn’t think it belonged there.

[Collage @ GLPC 27 April 2026]
Collage @ GLPC 27 April 2026

Everything else sailed through, except the first Lowndes County rezoning got a split vote for recommending approval.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item, followed by a LAKE video playlist.

See also the Continue reading →

Packet: Lake Park annexation item @ GLPC 2026-04-27

Update 2026-05-10: Videos: 1 Lake Park, 2 Lowndes County, 4 Valdosta @ GLPC 2026-04-27.

Due to some confusion about who to ask, the packet materials for the one Lake Park item came in after the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting on April 27, 2026.

  1. LP-2026-01 Request by the City of Lake Park to Rezone upon Annexation 1.12 acres
    from Single-Family Residential (R-1 County)
    to Single-Family Residential (R-15 Lake Park).
    The subject property is located at the East side of Long Pond Road, in Lake Park, Georgia,
    (Portion of Tax Map 0221C Parcels 002 & 003).

[Packet: Lake Park, annexation item, Calvary Baptist Church, @ GLPC 2026-04-27]
Packet: Lake Park, annexation item, Calvary Baptist Church, @ GLPC 2026-04-27

These packet materials are on the LAKE website. Images of each page are below. Continue reading →