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Zoning and land use
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Stephens County Leaves Data-Center Rules Unsettled After Unanimous Delayon holdStephens County Extends Data-Center Permit Freeze as Safety Rules Remain UnresolvedapprovedStephens County Commissioners Unanimously Approve Hicks’ Nub Garland Road RezoningapprovedStephens County Commissioners Approve Commercial Bakery Permit on Oak Valley RoadapprovedStaff Supports Currahee Circle Rezoning, but County’s Final Action Is Unclearawaiting decisionStaff Supports Commercial Rezoning for New Hope Baptist’s Eldon Road Siteawaiting decisionSplit Franklin County vote allows old Prospect Road home to stay as storageapprovedShady Lane rezoning reaches Stephens commissioners, but final decision remains unclearawaiting decisionShady Lane rezoning reaches Stephens County board, but final decision remains unclearawaiting decisionSandy Cross Road building variance remains tabled in Franklin Countyawaiting decisionRock Creek Road setback request remains unresolved after county agendasawaiting decisionOpposite rezoning requests leave Highway 320 tract’s status unresolvedawaiting decision
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The Stephens County Planning Commission is scheduled to consider rezoning about five acres at 1332 Hayes Road from Agricultural Intensive to Agricultural Residential on September 1, 2026. The 46.9-acre estate property is currently zoned Agricultural Intensive.Historical recordOn September 1, 2026, the Planning Commission is scheduled to consider Sandra S. Fulghum’s request to rezone a surveyed 1.06-acre portion of a 257.32-acre property at 2095 S. Yow Mill Road from Agricultural Intensive to Agricultural Residential for a home site.Historical recordOn September 1, the Planning Commission is scheduled to consider a conditional-use request for an automotive service, repair and vehicle-sales business that would rebuild salvage-title vehicles for resale. Staff recommends conditions on vehicle storage, screening, lighting, hazardous materials and site layout to prevent expansion into a junkyard, salvage yard, dismantling operation or outdoor-storage facility near residential and agricultural uses.Historical recordThe Stephens County Planning Commission is scheduled to consider Arie Coles’ request to rezone about 13.77 acres at 3565 Prather Bridge Road from Agricultural Intensive to Residential Single-Family for single-family residential use.Historical recordOn September 1, 2026, the Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the Meeks’ request for a 0.34-acre variance from the one-acre minimum lot size, allowing two parcels totaling about 1.67 acres at 451 Defoor Road to be divided to create a 0.66-acre single-family residential tract.Historical recordThe 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 recordIn Stephens County Government's official recording of the August 4, 2026 meeting, “Planning Commission considered industrial setback reduction” is taken up at about 7:43; a motion and vote are heard, and at about 9:10 the body votes to recommend approval. The machine transcript reads “All in favor say I.” This outcome comes from the machine transcript of the recording; it will be replaced by the official minutes when they are published.Historical record
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