Stephens County Planning Commission Meets Tonight

The Stephens County Planning Commission will be considering a number of rezoning requests when they meet for their regular meeting this evening.

Several of the requests come for local realtor Josh Schaefer.

Schaefer is asking for a parcel on South Pond St to be rezone from Commercial Community to Commercial General for a church.

Additionally, he is asking the County to approve a conditional use request for that property and a variance request on the lot size at that location.

The Board is also expected to consicer a Conditional Use request from Chris Goethe, of Knox Drive, in Toccoa.

Goethe’s property is currently zoned as Residential Single Family District.

He is asking the Board to approve the conditional use in order to run a home-based franchise consulting business.

Finally, Commissioners are expected to discuss creating an Agriculture Intensive District.

Tonight’s meeting begins at 7p at the Historic Stephens County Courthouse in downtown Toccoa and is open to the public.