Politics & Government
Planning Commission Votes Again Against Shopping Center Rezone
The Commission recommended to the Board of Commissioners that it turn down a rezone request on the Oconee Connector at Mars Hill Road.
The Oconee County Planning Commission voted a second time on Monday night to recommend that the Board of Commissioners not rezone 47 acres at the corner of Mars Hill Road and the Oconee Connector for a major shopping center.
The vote on Monday had six Commission members recommending denial and three voting against that recommendation.
The vote on Jan. 19, when the rezone first came before the Commission, had been unanimous, with all eight voting members in favor of denial.
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Steven Strickland and Chuck Hunt changed their votes, and the newly appointed Commission member, Matt Elder, replaced a denial vote by Brian Fosen with his vote against denial. Fosen stepped down following the January meeting.
Gavin Jordan, who did not participate in the January vote, voted to recommend denial on Monday.
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The Board of Commissioners is scheduled to take up the request by Maxie Price’s Deferred Tax LLC for the rezone at its meeting on May 4.
For details of the meeting, with video, please go to Oconee County Observations.