The county’s approval of Map Amendment Application Z-25-01 is complete: the former driveway-access condition was removed. What follows remains undetermined. The minutes do not document a new driveway, subdivision of the tract, plat, building permit or construction, and they do not show that Rockford Creek Road access has been separately approved or built.
Historical recordHabersham Countyarchived · approved
Habersham lifts driveway restriction on Omega Properties tract
Commissioners removed a condition that had required commercial access from Hollywood Hills Road, leaving the eventual entrance plan for the Rockford Creek Road parcel unresolved.
At a glance
What this means now
The story
Habersham County commissioners on April 21, 2025, approved Omega Properties & Development, LLC’s request to remove a condition that had required a commercial facility’s entrance and exit on Parcel 128 061C to be installed and accessed only from Hollywood Hills Road. The tract sits at the corner of Hollywood Hills and Rockford Creek roads.
The decision removes a specific restriction on where traffic serving a future commercial facility could enter and leave the property. It does not itself authorize a new Rockford Creek Road driveway or establish when, or whether, commercial development will occur, but it changes a condition attached to the parcel’s earlier Low Intensity-to-High Intensity map amendment.
County records show the access question followed an earlier effort to change the 16.64-acre tract from Low Intensity to High Intensity for RV, boat and self-storage development. A June 19, 2023 agenda scheduled commissioners’ consideration of that type of rezoning, but does not record its outcome. The April 2025 minutes, meanwhile, describe the earlier map amendment as having been approved in 2021; the materials do not reconcile those differing years. In April 2025, Omega sought removal of the driveway condition attached to that prior action, and commissioners approved it.
Omega Properties sought the change. According to the county minutes, a neighboring owner wanted to buy part of the property for a residence and wanted access from Rockford Creek Road; that request was cited in the discussion of removing the Hollywood Hills-only condition. The minutes do not identify the neighboring owner, describe any public opposition or support, or provide a vote tally for the commission’s approval.
The county’s approval of Map Amendment Application Z-25-01 is complete: the former driveway-access condition was removed. What follows remains undetermined. The minutes do not document a new driveway, subdivision of the tract, plat, building permit or construction, and they do not show that Rockford Creek Road access has been separately approved or built.
The next public indication of how the decision will be carried out would be a county driveway, subdivision, plat, land-use or building record for Parcel 128 061C. Those filings could show whether the property is divided, whether a Rockford Creek Road entrance moves forward, and what commercial or residential work is proposed. For now, none of those outcomes is settled in the county action.
Arguments in the record
Positions presented publicly
Omega Properties requested removal of the prior Hollywood Hills Road-only driveway condition, a change commissioners approved on April 21, 2025.
County minutes say a neighboring owner sought to purchase part of the property for a residence and wanted access from Rockford Creek Road; the minutes do not identify the owner or document a final sale or access approval.
What happened
How this issue got here
Open any step for its supporting record. A proposal remains labeled as proposed until later evidence establishes an outcome.
Appeared on agendaproposedRemoval of prior zoning condition scheduled
Commissioners were scheduled to consider Omega Properties’ request to remove a condition from the previous map amendment for Parcel 128 061C at Rockford Creek and Hollywood Hills roads.
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Removal of prior zoning condition scheduled
Commissioners were scheduled to consider Omega Properties’ request to remove a condition from the previous map amendment for Parcel 128 061C at Rockford Creek and Hollywood Hills roads.
ApprovedconfirmedCommission approves removal of driveway-access condition
The commission approved Omega Properties’ request to remove the earlier condition requiring the facility entrance and exit to use Hollywood Hills Road only. The minutes say a neighboring owner sought to buy part of the property for a residence and wanted Rockford Creek Road access.
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Commission approves removal of driveway-access condition
The commission approved Omega Properties’ request to remove the earlier condition requiring the facility entrance and exit to use Hollywood Hills Road only. The minutes say a neighboring owner sought to buy part of the property for a residence and wanted Rockford Creek Road access.
Appeared on agendaproposedOmega Properties rezoning application set for consideration
Commissioners were scheduled to consider changing the 16.64-acre tract at Rockford Creek and Hollywood Hills roads from Low Intensity to High Intensity for RV/boat and self-storage development.
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Omega Properties rezoning application set for consideration
Commissioners were scheduled to consider changing the 16.64-acre tract at Rockford Creek and Hollywood Hills roads from Low Intensity to High Intensity for RV/boat and self-storage development.
Still unresolved
What is not yet known
These are evidence gaps, not assumptions. They remain open until a dependable source closes them.
- County materials conflict on the timing of the earlier Low Intensity-to-High Intensity map amendment: April 2025 minutes refer to a 2021 approval, while a June 2023 agenda lists consideration of a similar change. The records do not resolve the discrepancy.
- The June 2023 agenda shows an item was scheduled for consideration, not what commissioners ultimately decided.
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