MPC to consider zoning ordinance amendments

Public hearings to discuss proposed amendments to the zoning and subdivision regulations ordinances will be held during tonight’s Glynn County Mainland Planning Commission meeting. The amendment for the subdivision regulations focuses on private roads and public access easements, removing road improvement standards and removing the maximum number of lots served by unpaved private roads and private access easements. An amendment to modify the types of permanent signs in commercial, mixed-use and industrial areas and to revise maximum areas for pole and wall signs on the mainland will be considered. The zoning ordinance’s tree plan requirements for demolition permits, additions to non-conforming commercial developments and preliminary plats are topics for discussion during a public hearing. An amendment to the zoning ordinance for the minimum lots area for manufactured homes in forest agricultural zoned areas, added standards for licensed vehicles on residential lots, adding minimum lot area for general industrial zoning, the creation of an Airport Overlay section, removing a requirement for a second reading for ordinance text amendments and correcting the review authority table in the zoning ordinance are on the agenda. The final zoning public hearing will be held to consider creating a process for a one-year extension of a developer plan for the zoning ordinance. In other business, planning commissioners will consider: • A subdivision variance to reduce an existing unpaved access easement to narrower than the required 60 feet at 301 Bee Tree Island Road. The property is zoned forest agricultural. • A development plan for a 45,600-square-foot industrial laundry facility at 140 Innovation Drive. • A rezone request from planned development to forest agricultural at 605 Shell Road for rural and recreational use. • A change of zoning from medium residential and planned development to highway commercial at 3615 U.S. 17 for a landscaping business. • An amendment to a text amendment to update commercial uses, adding public, medical, manufacturing, warehousing, distillery, retail, and land and drinking establishments as allowed uses. The property is located at 7340 GA 99. • A change of zoning from general commercial to highway commercial at 4715 U.S. 17 North. • A change of zoning from general residential to planned development at 135 Belle Cutoff Road. The request is to modify height restrictions at properties located at 135 Belle Cutoff Road, 175 Miranda Lane and 194 Miranda Lane. • A rezone for the planned Shops and Fancy Bluff, 149 Andy Tostensen Road. The request is for a new planned development at the 36.17-acre site to allow for a unified regional commercial development. The Glynn County Mainland Planning Commission meeting will be held 6 p.m. in the second-floor meeting room at the Historic Glynn County Courthouse, 701 G St. The meeting can be viewed live online at glynncounty.org .