Fred Pitts Road rezoning remains unresolved after county discussion

Habersham County commissioners discussed Judy Haney’s request on June 16, 2025, to rezone one acre at 1650 Fred Pitts Road, part of Parcel 040 078G, from the AG Agricultural District to the LI Light Intensity District. But the county meeting minutes do not state a final commission vote or action, leaving the request’s outcome unresolved.

The question is not simply whether a family can build a home. Haney said the proposed one-acre tract would become a future single-family home site for one of her children, yet the requested LI classification can allow uses beyond that residential purpose. The zoning designation, and any restriction attached to it, would therefore shape what can be developed on the acre and how surrounding property owners understand its future use.

The request reached commissioners as Map Amendment Z-25-03 on the June 16 agenda, seeking to change one acre of Haney’s 10-acre Fred Pitts Road property from AG to LI. During the subsequent discussion recorded in the minutes, the Planning Commission’s recommendation for approval was described with a condition intended to limit the tract to residential uses allowed in LI, responding to concerns over other commercial uses the district could permit.

Haney presented the change as a way to establish a future home site for her child. The Planning Commission, according to the county minutes, recommended approval only with a residential-use condition because of concern that LI zoning otherwise permits additional commercial uses. County commissioners were the body discussing the application at the June 16 meeting; the record does not attribute a final position or vote to individual commissioners.

The application and the proposed condition were proposals, while the commissioners’ June 16 discussion was a completed public action. What has not been established is whether commissioners approved, denied or otherwise disposed of the map amendment: the minutes excerpt gives no vote tally, final-action statement, amended application or later implementation record. As a result, it cannot be determined from the cited county records whether the acre was rezoned or may be used under LI rules.

No later official action or scheduled public step is documented for the Fred Pitts Road request. The next meaningful development would be a county record showing a commission vote, a revised application, or another hearing; until then, the final zoning status of the one-acre tract remains undecided in the public record.