Update 2023-06-14: Videos: Lowndes County Commission again approved Howell Road Halfway House rezoning 2023-06-12.

In the packet for the redecision on the Howell Road Halfway House rezoning, there are thirteen letters of opposition and a petition of more than a hundred signatures.

impacts to the surrounding area, Future Development Map, letter of opposition, Campus Map, REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Facility, 2193 Howell Road

Those would seem relevant to this bit in the agenda sheet:

Overall, staff found the request inconsistent with the Character Area, but consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. The largest concerns for the TRC were ensuring that the proposed use was able to be developed on the subject property and that its impacts to the surrounding area were manageable. At this point, it is the hope of staff that the benefit the proposed use brings to the community and the proposed site plan with its buffering and setbacks will mitigate any potentially negative effects on surrounding properties.

The Planning Commission heard the request and the concerns of the neighbors, and recommended denial by a vote of (8-2).

It would appear that the neighbors and others do not think that “its impacts to the surrounding area” are “manageable.”

The Planning Commission agreed.

The County Commission is already on record as not being overly concerned about Character Areas.

This does not bode well for rezonings elsewhere in the county.

The board packet, received in response to a LAKE open records request, is on the LAKE website.

See the agenda.

See also the LAKE Videos: Howell Road Halfway House approved in split vote @ LCC Regular 2023-04-11, and follow the see also links back from there.

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