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Zoning and land use
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Split Franklin County vote allows old Prospect Road home to stay as storageapprovedSandy Cross Road building variance remains tabled in Franklin Countyawaiting decisionOpposite rezoning requests leave Highway 320 tract’s status unresolvedawaiting decisionLiberty Propane’s Highway 17 variance is listed as approved, but Franklin County’s vote record remains unclearunder considerationHighway 106 rezoning advances, but Franklin County’s final decision is still unverifiedawaiting decisionFranklin commissioners weigh farm access against road upkeep and safety rulesunder considerationFranklin commissioners reject poultry-house rezone after neighbors raise water and road concernsrejectedFranklin County weighs limits on age-based mobile-home rejectionsunder considerationFranklin County weighs HUD-based mobile-home checks but takes no action on new rulesunder considerationFranklin County puts development-code review on future agenda, without adopting changesunder considerationFranklin County pauses data-center projects while it writes zoning rulesapprovedFranklin County panel unanimously backs rezoning tied to Allens Church propertyapproved
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At a special called meeting, commissioners discussed how farm operations relate to road maintenance, infrastructure and safety, with differing views on restrictive poultry standards. No final action is documented.Historical recordOn April 20, 2026, the Board of Commissioners discussed developing county agricultural standards after staff requested direction, including farming-related road-maintenance and safety concerns.Historical recordThe April 16 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda states that the Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the rezone from Agricultural to Agricultural Intensive for the 61.95-acre Cawthon Road tract and proposed poultry houses.Historical recordThe Planning and Zoning Commission’s April 16 agenda placed V-2026-001 before the commission. It described the Board’s 5-0 tabling of discussion until May 4, but did not state a Planning and Zoning Commission decision.Historical recordMinutes state that the Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to deny RZ-2026-002 for the 59.65-acre Varner Road tract.Historical recordThe April 16 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda placed before the commission a proposal to rezone the 0.65-acre tract at 1423 Pleasant Hill Circle from Agricultural Intensive to Rural Residential for residential access.Historical recordThe April 16 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda states that the Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to deny RZ-2026-001, the request to rezone roughly 100 acres for poultry houses.Historical recordOn April 16, 2026, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved RZ-2026-007, a rezoning application by Ted Pritchett for Allens Church, Inc. property, by a 4-0 show-of-hands vote after the public hearing closed.Historical record
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