Update 2022-03-07: LAKE videos.

Two small lot variances in Hahira, two small lot rezonings in Lowndes County, three small rezonings in Valdosta, and one big annexation and rezoning by Valdosta, 35 acres for Murray Staten Farms, LLC, 3550 Lake Laurie Drive, all on the agenda this evening for the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC). GLPC recommends, and the elected bodies decide. For an annexation, the Lowndes County Commission will have to state whether it objects before the Valdosta Mayor and Council decide.

Agenda, Lake Laurie Drive annexation

There’s no parcel listed for 3550 Lake Laurie Drive by the Lowndes County Tax Assessors. Why the agenda can’t just tell us which parcels is mysterious.

However, this parcel is where google maps finds that address: 0108 001, with 30.49 acres.

Parcel 0108 001, 30.49 acres

Add to that the one just south of it, 0109B 147D, with 5.99 acres. That totals 36.48 acres, which is close to 35 acres.

Parcel 0109B 147D, 5.99 acres

Not shown in the Tax Assessors maps is a creek that forms the boundary between those two parcels, Cherry Creek South Branch. You can see it on this VALORGIS map as the twisty blue lines, along with Valdosta sewer lines (green) and water lines (also blue, but mostly straight lines). That VALORGIS map also shows the area of those parcels not in the Valdosta City Limits (outside the orange area).

VALORGIS: Valdosta water and sewer, and Cherry Creek South Branch

The agenda says the requested rezoning is to Valdosta City R-P. According to Valdosta’s Land Development Regulations (LDR), Section 4.1:

R-P Residential Professional. The purpose of this district shall be to create and provide areas in which residential, professional, educational and institutional uses not normally involving the sale of merchandise can be compatibly mixed while maintaining a healthy living environment for the residents of the district.

Here is the agenda.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, February 21, 2022 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, February 28, 2022 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia

1. Call to Order, Pledge, and Invocation
2. Approval of the Meeting Minutes: January 31, 2022

   City of Hahira Cases:

   FINAL ACTION by the City of Hahira Mayor-Council, 301 W Main St, Hahira, Georgia
   Hahira Courthouse, Thursday March 3, 2022 6:00 p.m.
   Point of Contact: Matt Martin – Planning and Zoning Administrator (229) 259-3563

3. HA-2022-01 Marvin Brooks Construction LLC 506 & 510 West Lawson Street – Special Exception for Duplexes in an R-10 zoning district
4. HA-2022-02 Marvin Brooks Construction LLC 506 & 510 West Lawson Street –
   Variance to minimum building setback requirements in R-10 zoning

   Lowndes County Cases:

   FINAL ACTION by the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners, 327 N. Ashley Street,
   Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes County Judicial and Administrative Complex Commission
   Chambers, 24 Floor, Tuesday, March 14, 2022, 5:30 pm
   Point of Contact: JD Dillard, Director – Planning & Zoning, (229) 671-2430

5. REZ-2022-04 Radney — Long Pond Road, 5761 Long Pond Road, 0221A 063C, 1 acre, R-10 to R-10 (No Conditions)
6. REZ-2022-05 Lakeland Highway, Lakeland Highway, 0184 054, 5.3 acres, E-A to R-A

   City of Valdosta Cases:

   FINAL ACTION by the City of Valdosta Mayor-Council, 216 E. Central Avenue,
   Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta City Hall, Council Chambers, 2″¢ Floor
   Thursday, March 10, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
   Point of Contact: Matt Martin – Planning and Zoning Administrator (229) 259-3563

7. CU-2022-01 Burke Batten, 4955 Inner Perimeter Road, CUP for Sales & Storage of commercial trailers in C-H zoning, and CUP for Self-Storage Facility and Outdoor Sales & Display in the IPR-COD
8. CU-2022-02 Bemiss Development Partners, 4036 Bemiss Road, CUP for Self-storage facility in C-C zoning
9. VA-2022-01 Ashley Skipper, 2317 Bemiss Road, Rezone 0.45 acres from R-P to O-P
10. VA-2022-02 Murray Staten Farms, LLC, 3550 Lake Laurie Drive, Rezone 35 acres from County P-D, C-C and O-I, to City R-P
11. VA-2022-03 Murray Staten Farms, LLC, 3550 Lake Laurie Drive, Annex 35 acres into the City of Valdosta

OTHER BUSINESS

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