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Tyrone grants
minor annexation requests, rezonings
People who approached the Tyrone Town Council’s members last Thursday
night found them very agreeable. Four people addressed the council seeking
annexations, rezonings or changes to the land use map and all were approved,
albeit with conditions.
Howard Guthrie asked for Tyrone to annex a tract that he owns in Shamrock
Industrial Park because the other property in the area is in Tyrone, is
zoned M-2 and would get better police protection if under Tyrone instead
of the county. Town manager Barry Amos stated that neither the county
nor the Tyrone Planning Commission had objections to Guthrie’s request.
The council approved the annexation and approved M-2 zoning for the property.
Next, the town approved an annexation request for a 10.8-acre property
on Trickum Creek Road. In addition to the annexation request, the developer
was seeking residential zoning rather than agricultural residential zoning.
The county only wanted the property annexed if all properties built there
would be on tracts of one acre or more. Tyrone does not allow building
on less than one acre, so this was not a problem. Amos recommended approval
and told the council that if the property was annexed, the road would
have to be paved and the properties would be subject to impact fees which
would help fund recreation and public improvements. Once again, the council
approved the request.
The area around the CVS being built along Ga. Highway 74 sought a revision
to the Planned Unit Development. The planning commission recommended approval
with the conditions that the berm be raised, a driveway be eliminated
and the landscape strip along both Hwy 74 and Carriage Oaks be increased.
The developer agreed to this and will also plant additional trees and
shrubs and has removed one of the outparcels in the development, decreasing
the number from five to four. This pleased staff and council but resident
Ginger Blackstone spoke out against this.
“It seems like we alter the PUD or the Land Use plan every time we
turn around,” said Blackstone. “If it’s not going to improve
Tyrone, I don’t support it at all.”
Amos stated that by decreasing the number of outparcels, having a clearer
definition of the landscape strip and giving continuity to the landscape
along Hwy. 74, the plan was ready for approval. The council voted 3-1
for approval with councilman Mike Smola voting for denial.
The last development to come before the council was one represented by
developer Burt Clark. The property in question was the Hobgood Property,
a 52.89 acre tract which had come before council several times before
with other developers. This was Clark’s first time before council
with this property and, unlike previous developers, Clark had specific
uses in mind, one of them being batting cages. The property was zoned
AR and Clark’s proposed development featured several zonings, ranging
from limited use commercial to C-2 and the heaviest commercial zoning
C-3. The area surrounding the property featured all of the zonings that
Clark sought and the council approved the changes on the conditions that
a wetlands study be done, no curb cut be allowed off of Hwy 74, a tract
of 2-3 acres be donated to the town as green space and that the tract
that backed up to a residential area not allow a 24 hour business. Clark
agreed to all of the conditions and the plan was approved.
The Tyrone Town Council will meet again Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.
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