The Greater Lowndes Planning Commission only has one case for Monday,
a Planned Development amendment for a mixed-use Child Daycare and School facility in Valdosta.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, July 24, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, July 31, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Why does Lowndes County want the Planning Commission (GLPC) and County Commission
to vote on changes to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC)
before the general public has a chance to review and comment on them?
When even the number of ULDC items changed from 10 to 7 in the week before the GLPC meeting?
When somebody asked for more time for citizens to review and comment on these changes,
why did the County Planning consultant toss out four straw men?
Why shouldn’t the general public have such opportunity when the Homebuilders were shown draft changes weeks ago?
Lowndes County Planning consultant Jason Davenport attempted to explain the
ULDC amendments and why the county had not shown them to the general county citizenry,
at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC).
He said they had a plan for six public meetings and two social media posts.
However, none of that had happened before this meeting. Continue reading →
The
Project Viking rezoning
included an introduction to the new Public Hearing format:
10 minutes for each side, then 2 minutes of rebuttal.
This method is in the
draft ULDC changes.
Nobody spoke against.
The rezoning passed unanimously.
So did all the other agenda items.
Some day Lowndes County will put GLPC board packets on lowndescounty.com
so no third party has to file open records requests and post the results.
Larger and smaller counties in Georgia and Florida have been doing this for years.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, June 26, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Last month at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission,
the longest item was almost twelve minutes on
Tony Tong’s tattoo studio,
for which they eventually recommended approval with slightly modified conditions.
These redevelopment rezonings all look unremarkable,
although one never knows who will turn out to be in opposition or support.
In addition to the five Valdosta items and the one Lowndes County item
on the agenda for Monday evening’s Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC) meeting,
there was a Lake Park item, but it was pulled.
I have included the packet materials for Lake Park anyway, for comparison
in case it turns up in a later meeting.
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, May 15, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, May 22, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
~ Lowndes County ~ City of Valdosta ~ City of Dasher ~
~ City of Hahira ~ City of Lake Park ~ City of Remerton ~
Monday, March 20, 2023 5:30 P.M. Work Session
Monday, March 27, 2023 5:30 P.M. Regular Session
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
All four cases got recommendations from the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC)
for approval by the Valdosta Mayor and Council.
However, all but the first and last were on split votes, and the last had one Commissioner recuse himself.
It took the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC)
about an hour to consider the Valdosta and Lowndes County rezonings.
Each case had quite a few citizen speakers and much Commissioner discussion.
FINAL ACTION by the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners, 327 N. Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia, Lowndes County Judicial and Administrative Complex Commission Chambers, 2nd Floor, Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 5:30 p.m.
Point of Contact: JD Dillard, County Planner, (229) 671-2430
FINAL ACTION by the City of Valdosta Mayor-Council, 216 E. Central Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor Thursday, March 9th, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Point of Contact: Matt Martin – Planning and Zoning Administrator (229) 259-3563
Videos: One rezoning each, Valdosta and Lwondes County @ GLPC 2023-02-27
Greater Lowndes Planning Commission (GLPC), Regular Session, February 27, 2023, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, .
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).
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The one Valdosta case before the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission
tomorrow evening is for rezoning 1.76 acres from R-6 to R-M at 915 West Street,
“to develop it as an apartment complex with 12 dwelling units.”
The one Lowndes County case
is for rezoning about 8 acres from R-1 (Low Density Residential) to P-D (Planned Development)
on Janes Road at Smith Street.
That’s all I know, because the county has still not sent the relevant board packet materials in response to a LAKE open records request.
As a placeholder, I put in a map from the Lowndes County Tax Assessors.
![[Collage, GLPC Packet 2023-07-31]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-07-31--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 26 June 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-06-26--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 13 June 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/loco/2023-06-13--lcc-regular-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage, GLPC Packet 2023-06-26]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-06-26--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 22 May 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-05-22--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Rezoning Maps @ GLPC Packet 2023-05-22]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-05-22--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Agenda, cases, GLPC 2023-03-27]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-03-27--glpc-packet/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ GLPC 27 March 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-03-27--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Collage @ LCC 27 February 2023]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-02-27--glpc-videos/many.jpg)
![[Valdosta and Lowndes County cases @ GLPC 2023-02-27]](http://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/glpc/2023-02-27--glpc-packet/many.jpg)