Development & What's Coming in Stephens County
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What is proposed, permitted, or being built?What's Coming issues in Stephens County
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County officials granted a variance letting a Martin homeowner build closer to a side property line than standard rules allow.
The variance lets a roughly 23-acre Hayes-Wilbanks Road property build closer to the road than county rules otherwise allow.
The report gives residents a look at the authority's work over the past year, though commissioners took no recorded vote on it.
Cook Construction and Real Estate is seeking to annex and rezone land into the City of Baldwin for a mixed-use commercial development that would need state sign-off before…
An architectural site plan for the Plaisted Lakehouse Addition is on the planning commission's agenda for review.
The county board waived its standard permit fees and driveway requirements for ASI Southeast's project, with the company instead covering third-party invoices plus a 5% administrative fee.
The approved change lets the Mudge family use their roughly one-acre Eastanollee property for agricultural purposes under Agricultural Residential zoning.
The vote clears the way for the Defoor Road parcel to be used for single-family residential purposes instead of agricultural use.
The rezoning lets Matthew and Tara Mudge combine roughly 30.5 acres at 1200 Shady Lane under a single agricultural residential designation.
The county has rezoned land on Nub Garland Road from agricultural to single-family residential, clearing the way for Howington Farms, LLC to build homes there.
Stephens County has been weighing detailed rules for data centers, including setbacks and noise limits, but commissioners have not yet adopted them.
A Stephens County commissioner floated new recreation department ideas, including pickleball courts and a botanical garden honoring veterans, but the board has taken no action yet.
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