Here are the board packet materials for
the August 25, 2025, meeting of the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC)
for
agenda item 5., LP-2025-01 Lake Park Church of Christ/Steve Magee, 610, 614, 618 Sheavette Rd.,
0221A 063B, ~8007 sq ft
Current Zoning: R-15 (Single Family Residential)
Proposed Zoning: R-10 (Single Family Residential)
This arrived late, and we took even longer to post it, but here it is.
The Stewart Circle commercial rezoning sailed through.
The communications tower on Rocky Ford Road
had three people speaking for it (mostly about need for cell coverage),
and several against, for a variety of reasons,
as well as a petition against delivered at the meeting.
GLPC recommended approval of both.
The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) recommends.
The final decision will be by the Lowndes County Commission on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 5:30 PM.
In Other Business, it was revealed that
there will be a presentation about the update to the Comprehensive Plan at the next GLPC WORK session.
(Not the Regular Session; the Work Session the week before.)
It might be a brief meeting Monday,
at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC).
There are only two cases, both for Lowndes County:
one for a commercial operation on Stewart Circle,
and the other for a communications tower on Rocky Ford Road.
You may need a time machine to see the Lowndes County Commission decide,
since the meeting date listed for that is in 2024.
The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request,
is
on the LAKE website.
Images of each page 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, September 29, 2025 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
In
8. Reports – County Manager,
County Attorney Walter Elliott said the county is required by state law
to initiate the Service Delivery Strategies (SDS) process.
If I heard him correctly, they already did back in April.
We already knew the county intends to stick with the current SDS.
The Lowndes County Commissioners were quite chatty at their Work Session yesterday morning,
which took more than 35 minutes; very unusual for them.
They vote this evening at 5:30 PM.
The
rezoning on Horace Avenue next to Mud Swamp Creek that the Planning Commission recommended to deny is on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission this week.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 8:30 A.M.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, 5:30 P.M.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
The Lowndes County Commissioners did not repeat
4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
For that, you’ll need to see the
LAKE videos of the preceding Work Session.
There was some Commissioner discussion of the first of the three rezonings,
but all three breezed through unanimously,
as did everything else.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item of the Regular Session,
with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
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Several minutes of that were for
4. Georgia 811 Safe Digging Month Proclamation.
Turns out you can call 811 and they will come locate your water, sewer, and electrical lines, even if you put them in.
The county’s visual system was not working for the first two rezonings,
but you can see many of the visuals in the
board packet as provided by LAKE through open records request.
The longest item at almost 3 minutes was for
8.b. Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant New Wells – Water Main Extension.
As Gretchen noted, “To be paid out of SPLOST funds. No guarantee that this will work.
Wells are to be 600 feet deep and further away from the river.
There could still be river water infiltration.”
The Lowndes County Commission voted this evening at 5:30 PM; videos to come.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item of the Work Session,
with a few comments by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.
It took the Planning Commission only 43 minutes to unanimously recommend all six of their items for February 2025.
Chair Steve Miller was absent.
Vice Chair James Miller presided.
The Lowndes County rezonings are before the Lowndes County Commission
today for voting tomorrow.
Nobody spoke against any of the county items in the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting.
![[Collage of LP-2025-01, Lake Park Church of Christ @ GLPC 2025-08-25]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-08-25--glpc-lake-park-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 29 September 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-09-29--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage, GLPC Packet, 2025-09-29]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-09-29--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 9 September 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-09-09--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 8 September 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-09-08--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Packet: 1 controversial, 1 easy rezoning, pet shop ordinance, Moody AFB water storage tank @ LCC 2025-09-08]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-09-08--lcc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 25 August 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-08-25--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 8 April 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-04-08--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 7 April 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2025-04-07--lcc-work-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 31 March 2025]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2025-03-31--glpc-videos/many.jpg)