A controversial data center proposal was moved off the Bartow County Planning Commission agenda for its meeting tonight, but several other items remain on the agenda that will affect rural and residential landowners.
The proposal to rezone approximately 111 acres on Brown Farm Road by attorneys Akins & Tate for a data center remains on the printed agenda. However, county officials said it won’t be heard tonight and changed the date for that hearing to August 24 beginning at 6 p.m. It will be in Courtroom D of the Frank Moore Administration building, which is the courthouse on Cherokee Street.
The regular July meeting of the planning commission is at 6 p.m. in the meeting room of the bottom floor of the Frank Moore Administration Building.
Here is a summary of what is on the agenda and expected to be discussed and voted on tonight:
Z-26-00030
HWY 411 & Hardin Bridge Rd
Artisan Kingston Crossing LLC
Rezone from A-1 to PUD
Artisan Kingston Crossing LLC already owns the 20.10 acres at the corner of Highway 411 and Hardin Bridge Road. It wants to take it from agricultural to a PUD (planned unit development). A PUD is a customized master site plan that incorporates various types of housing from single family residential to apartments with commercial businesses. It is a form of mixed-use development.
Z-26-00031
728 Cassville Road
728 Cassville Holdings LLC
Land Use Map designation from Low Density Residential to Industrial
Rezone from A-1 to I-1
728 Cassville Holdings LLC already owns the 2.05 acres of property and also wants to rezone it from FLUM low-density residential to industrial.
Z-26-00033
255 Old Highway 41
Talmadge and Lucinda Martin
Rezone from A-1 to R-4
The land is .85 acres and the Martins are the current property owners.
Z-26-00032
Highway 140 & Oak Grove Road
Satwant Singh
Land Use Map designation from Rural Estate to Commercial
Rezone from A-1 to C-1
Singh is buying the 2.74 acres that includes three parcels of property from Billie Jean and Pandora West. Singh wants to also rezone it from FLUM real estate to commercial.
The planning commission approved or denies recommendations. All items will move forward with the planning commission recommendation to the Bartow County Commissioner. Commissioner Steve Taylor will hold public hearings in his meeting scheduled for August 5 at 10 a.m.
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