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Zoning and land use
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Franklin County Has Yet to Resolve Conflicting Development-Area Rulesunder considerationFranklin County Flex-Space Rezoning Near I-85 Still Lacks a Decisionon holdFranklin County Considers Data-Center Safeguards, but Leaves Key Rules Undecidedunder considerationFranklin County Considers Common Home Setbacks, With Lake Areas Kept Separateunder considerationCarnesville setback variance is listed as approved, but final Franklin County vote remains undocumentedunder considerationCarnesville home setback request remains unresolved after county hearingunder considerationCanon rezone request heard, but Franklin County’s final decision is unclearunder considerationCanon poultry-house rezoning wins approval, with road access still centralapprovedCanon poultry-house rezoning clears Franklin County, with development timeline still unresolvedapprovedBanks Academy Road group-home permit remains without a documented final voteunder consideration
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The Planning and Zoning Commission agenda listed a request to rezone about 13.16 acres at 700 Prospect Road from Agricultural to Highway Business for a proposed RV park. The agenda does not document a commission decision.Historical recordThe August 20 agenda listed Nancy Hernandez’s request to allow a 737-square-foot residence on a roughly 1.11-acre Rural Residential tract at 7291 Hwy. 320 in Carnesville, below the county’s 800-square-foot minimum heated-floor-area requirement.Historical recordThe July 16 Planning and Zoning Commission agenda listed a request to rezone the same approximately 4-acre tract at 8016 Highway 320 from Agricultural to Rural Residential. The agenda’s copied status text says the Board of Commissioners voted 3–0 to approve, but does not give a date or independently document that action.Historical recordCommissioners voted 3-0 to approve a data-center moratorium through December 2026 and amend its language to cover facilities similar in nature to data centers. The measure gives the county time to develop data-center regulations for the Unified Development Code.Historical recordAt a public hearing, commissioners discussed the proposed ±0.54-acre Highway 17 equipment-yard use, including a requested water connection. The minutes state the Planning Commission recommended approval 5-0, but record no Board of Commissioners vote.Historical recordThe Board of Commissioners' public-hearing and regular-meeting agendas placed V-2026-004 before the board for consideration and stated that the Planning Commission recommended approval 5-0.Historical recordAt a June 30, 2026 work session, the Board of Commissioners discussed an ordinance proposing multiple layers of protection for data centers and eventual incorporation of regulations into the Unified Development Code. Board feedback was requested.Historical recordAt a June 30, 2026 work session, Franklin County commissioners considered proposed data-center regulations for eventual inclusion in the Unified Development Code and were asked for feedback.Historical record
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