{"id":23899,"date":"2023-09-14T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23899"},"modified":"2023-09-16T18:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T22:56:31","slug":"lowndes-county-commission-denies-quarterman-road-rezoning-vdt-2023-09-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/09\/lowndes-county-commission-denies-quarterman-road-rezoning-vdt-2023-09-13.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County Commission denies Quarterman Road rezoning –VDT 2023-09-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2023-09-16<\/strong>:\r\n\r\nVideos: Quarterman Road rezoning unanimously denied; Mt. Zion Church Road rezoning unanimously approved @ LCC Regular 2023-09-12<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nThe VDT got the most important point right:\r\nthe Lowndes County Commission unanimously denied the proposed rezoning REZ-2023-04 for 2.5-acre lots, smaller than the 5-acre minimum in on E-A Quarterman Road.\r\nAnd they spelled Tom Larson’s name right.\r\n

\r\nThanks to all who helped get this result:\r\neverybody who signed the petition,\r\nthose who circulated the petition,\r\nthose who spoke in the Planning Commission and County Commission meetings,\r\n7 of 8 of the Planning Commissioners who recommended denial,\r\nand the Lowndes County Commissioners for unanimously denying this inappropriate rezoning.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[SGRC<\/a>\r\n
SGRC map of petition signers against REZ-2023-04 Quarterman Road and VDT pictures of Lowndes County Commission meeting building<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nKasmira Smith, Valdosta Daily Times, September 13, 2023,\r\n\r\nLowndes commissioners deny highly opposed rezoning proposal<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\r\nThe commissioners information packet included a petition signed from\r\nmultiple residents from the area particularly from Quarterman Road.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter questioned, “If we did choose to do\r\nR-A, could we still put restrictions on the lot sizes?”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nDillard responded that the current E-A lot width is 210 feet and\r\nthat was the Planning Commission’s recommended condition plan if the\r\nboard chose to approve the request.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nAbout six individuals who reside on Quarterman Road approached the\r\ncommissioners during Tuesday’s public hearing portion of the request\r\nconsideration. Each of the residents asked the board to deny the\r\nrequest to maintain the area’s true forestry and agricultural\r\ncharacteristics. They raised concerns with the area becoming too\r\ndeveloped and said it is already suffering high traffic due to\r\ncauses from the recent hurricane.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nGretchen Porterman [Quarterman] was the first resident to oppose it. “Think\r\nabout the 44 lots that are on our road. Our area is forestry and\r\nconservation, where people grow crops. It’s just not appropriate to\r\nhave R-A,” she said.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nCarolyn Silvey [Selby] and Tom Larson, respectively, said they moved to the\r\nrural area after living in larger cities.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“I moved down here from Atlanta because of the growth and\r\noutgrown of Atlanta. I bought a house on a dirt road. … It is a\r\nrural setting. It’s hay fields and planted fields. It’s forestry and\r\nit’s wetlands. I do not feel that putting in what would amount to a\r\nsmall subdivision with a possible five to seven additional septic\r\ntanks and wells would help this area any. I think it would put a lot\r\nmore traffic on the road that we don’t need. I think we need to keep\r\nthe character of this road,” Silvey [Selby] said.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nLarson said it would be a slippery slope to approve the request and\r\nthat it would lead to even more subdivision requests.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nNo one approached the board in favor of the request.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe attending commissioners denied the request with a vote 4-0.\r\nScott Orenstein, Commissioner of District 2, was absent from the\r\nvote.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nLAKE videos of this meeting will be available soon.\r\n

\r\nMeanwhile, you can follow the story starting with the\r\nGLPC Board Packet<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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