Boc Joint Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

Heat. Heat. Good evening and welcome to the joint planning and zoning board and the board of commission's meeting of May 5th, 2026. I'm Frank Payne, uh the planning and zoning vice chair. Prior to the meeting, announcements were posted and notice were sent to all board members and commissioners, staff, interested parties, and applicants participating in this meeting. I will now turn it over to Dr. Ram Mona Jackson Jones to introduce and confirm the presence of the commissioners. Uh, Madam Chair,

thank you so much. Uh, Vice Chair Payne, uh, good evening, uh, to the citizens of Douglas County. I'm Dr. Ramona Jackson Jones, the chairwoman of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. And certainly, I will yield the floor to allow our, uh, board of commissioners to introduce themselves. I yield the floor to you. Commissioner, District One, Commissioner Whitney Kenner Jones, District 2. Martin Rexen, District 3 Commissioner. Okay. Okay. And then we have our district 4 commissioner and vice chair on his way. He should be here momentarily. All right. Uh we have a quorum um vice chair and I yield the floor back to you.

Okay. Also uh present we have members of the planning and zoning board. Please confirm your presence as I call your name. Brandon Pennitton. Uh Brandon is absent this evening. Uh, Ora Kerry, District 2, present. Larry Tommy, District Three, present. Melissa Poke, District 4, present. Chris Small, Douglas County School Board representative, present.

We have a quorum. Uh so uh now we'll have Allison to uh uh give us the introductions of the county staff and planning and zoning staff that are present.

All right. Uh thank you, Mr. Vice Chairman. Tonight we have with us Mary Mentor from our county attorney's office. We have Bruce Mercer, our director of traffic operations for Douglas County DOT. Uh we have Austin Cronin, our zoning administrator. Melody Glenn, our county planner. Johanna Wulmarmac, our planning and zoning board clerk. Uh and again we are always grateful for our communications team and our sheriff's deputies for being with us here this evening. Thank you. There is a reverendary clause that applies to each reszoning and that is uh the applicant, the agent or property owners has 24 months uh to vest the zoning change after the board of commissioners uh has granted the approval. Tonight I will uh conduct each public hearing. Planning and zoning staff will announce each application followed by full presentations of on the of the applicant. The applicants are their representatives and members of the public in favor of the application will be able to present their information. They will have two minutes per person for a total of 15 minutes to speak on behalf of the application. Members of the public in opposition to the application will be able to present their uh information. They will also have two minutes uh per person for a total of 15 minutes to speak in opposition of the application. After the opportunity uh completes their input or the time has uh elapsed, the public hearing will be officially closed.

At this point, the staff will uh clarify any points of the uh zoning case. If the staff is unable to satisfy the board questions, the board will then ask the applicant for points of clarification. Uh this is not the time for the applicant to represent the uh case. The planning and zoning board will then uh entertain a motion. Our first agenda item tonight will be the approval of minutes for March 31st uh 2026 regular joint planning and zoning and uh board of commissioners meeting uh planning and zoning board members are reviewing the minutes. Are there any comments, changes or questions? If none do I have a a motion? This is Melissa Pulk. I'd like to make a motion to approve the minutes from the March 31, 2026 meeting.

Or Curry second.

Okay. The minutes of the meeting have been approved. Well, we need to have a a vote. You got a vote. You have a motion. We have a motion to uh to approve uh the minutes. Can we get a vote? So all in favor all in favor please show your hand. The minutes are approved. Do we have Okay.

Okay. You want to yield the floor? Um turn it over to to Madame Chair for approval by the uh board of commissions for the minutes of March 31st uh 2026 uh the joint meeting. And by the way, vice chair, you're doing a remarkable job. This is your He really is. It's his first time. You're doing a great job. So proud of you. Board of Commissioners, you've had an opportunity to review the minutes and uh certainly I um just would like to ask if there are any additions, deletions, or anything that need to be made to the minutes. If not, do we have a motion to approve the minutes from March 31st, 2026? So moved.

Do we have We have a motion and a second. Any discussion board? We have a motion in a second. All in favor of approval of the minutes, please indicate by raising your right hand. We have a 50 unanimous vote with no opposition and the motion carries. I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne. Thank you. All right, Mr. Duncan. Uh would you introduce the next agenda item and provide the staff recommendations and findings? Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Agenda item S 2026-23. Thank you.

The applicant is requesting a special use permit to allow a residential care facility at 4130 Midway Road. The lot size is approximately 1.52 acres in commission district number one. The subject property includes a 2,155 ft 5-bedroom house constructed in 1973 within the Hickory Heights subdivision. The applicant is proposing to use the home as an owner occupied residential care facility. Here are the relevant code sections. The proposed special use does not change to principal use of the property as a single family residential structure. There will be no additional changes to the exterior of the property required to accommodate the special use. The house will be subject to commercial building review and interior renovations may be required to meet current life safety code and building code requirements. Residential care facilities may require additional visits by emergency service personnel to provide medical care, but otherwise all other impact to public infrastructure and services aligns with the principal use as a single family residence. Here are the special use criteria analysis. Here is the zoning map. Here's a site aerial. Staff is recommending approval based on the following findings. The proposed special use permit would not modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan. The proposed special use permit will not adversely affect the public health, safety, and welfare. Thank you.

Okay. Thank you. Um I will now open the uh the public hearing. Uh all in favor, anyone included, including the applicant or their representatives wish to speak in favor of the application, please uh appro approach the the podium, state your name and address for the for the record, then make any comments uh you would like. You have two minutes per person for a total of 15 minutes. Good evening.

Good evening. Yeah. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak for 4130 Midway Road, Douglasville, where we intend to have a personal care home. Excuse me. Can you state your name? Sorry. My name is Lloyd Onima. and your address as well. 4130 Midway Road, Douglasville, Georgia. Thank you. Thank you.

So, we intend to have a personal care home and the personal care home where we provide activities of daily living um uh for the residents and the residents are not going to be uh between three to four residents. uh having one CNA uh certified nursing assistant to be present each day to assist the residents. So a few things that we took into consideration because it's a a residential neighborhood uh that of public interest the traffic and parking. There's not going to be on the road parking and the vehicles are not going to be more than two uh at any particular point in time and the vehicles are going to be parked in the premises. So it's not going to constitute any nuisance to the community or to the community where we are. The other point of interest is noise and nuisance. Is a residential home. So there isn't going to be any there no people coming in and going out as to provide as to be making noise or providing a nuisance to the environment. Also the property value. We're not going to restructure the uh the building or build a new structure or do activities that will make the properties around to deterate in value. It's still a purely residential area where the people that are living there uh want to be part of the community. They want to be at home feel free like every other every other person.

So this application is not me and it's not merely a business stop. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Good evening. My name is A Roslin Fonjo. I have been a resident of Douglas County for the past 18 years and I am a registered nurse professional.

Your address, please. 4850 Winfort Lane, Douglas v, Georgia 30134. And I just wanted to go over our mission for the personal care home. Our mission is to provide highquality residential based care for individuals who require assistance with activities of daily living. The facility is designed to bridge the gap between independent living and institutional nursing care. providing a family model environment that maintains the residential integrity of the Midway Estate community. Any questions for me?

Thank you. Is there anyone else in favor that would like to speak? If there's no one else, is there anyone in opposition wishing to speak? If no one is in opposition, uh we will now close the the public hearing on this matter. Okay. Are there any questions from the board? Yes. I have a a question for the applicant.

Yes, you. Yeah. I have a question. Uh so how many uh people are going to occupy uh the house that you're going to be providing service for the residents? Yes, the residents. Three to four. Three to four. Yes. So, how many uh bedrooms? So, how many how many bedrooms? How many bedrooms in the in the house? Four, I think. Five bedrooms. Five bedrooms in the house. Yes, correct. Okay. Are you in a HOA community? No. So, you're outside of a HOA community? So, yes, correct.

Current residents. I have no further question. Thank you. I'm sorry. You can stay. Um, hi. Um, so I have a couple questions for you. Yes. Um so I listening in the u um when you were giving your information um question about the home um that's at the 4130 Midway Road. Um and that's is that your home? Is that where you reside? Yes. Permanently like full-time. Um and then also um is yourself and is this your wife that's the registered nurse or will it just be yourself living there? Yes, that uh that's a

employee. You're an employee. I understand. Okay. Um so it's just yourself that living there at the home. Correct. Yes. Right. So there um Okay. And how long have you lived at this residence? Yeah. Since 20 uh this 20 um 2025 2023. So since 2023 you've resided there. Okay. Um and I was as I was listening here um 2024, not 2023. Okay. Um, as I was listening here, what I understand you're you're having residents, right, that come you stated three to four. What type of residents will you be having there? Meaning, what are their limitations? Like what is the level of care that you'll need to be providing for those persons? Yeah, it's a non-medical care. I'm sorry.

It's non-medical care. It's no medical care. Non-medical. Okay. Yes. Um, with that being said, um, I heard that you said you would have a CNA on pre on premises as well as you'll have a registered nurse. Yeah. the resenters will come and go. Okay. So, um just to make sure I'm clear, if I can get some clarification from staff really quickly. Thank you so much. Um

Allison, my question is is that with this request special use permit as a residential care facility, noting that there are employees, does that not change the classification of what is being actually being done at this at this location? So for personal care home uh the regulation under the code is that the primary caretaker has to be an owner um of the property right so it has to be owner occupied and the owner is the primary caretaker. Uh now again I think we would need clarification when he says that he will have nurses come and go. It would not be the expectation that there would be staff coming to the property on a regular basis in a caregiving capacity. um if at some point a home health care worker or somebody you know of that nature is called on a case-byase basis um to provide services the way you know um that would be typical of anybody living in a residential care setting you know that would be something different than having like an employee coming to the home so I think it is worth clarifying whether the uh intent is to have an employee coming to the home or whether it would be like you know in the instance of somebody needing follow-up medical attention to a procedure or something like that they needed someone coming case by case.

Okay. Okay. So, does that answer your question? In the Yes, ma'am. But in the event that um the CL the requesting client here states that he does have intentions of someone being there pretty regularly as he has stated he's the only individual there. Um would it then at that point change the classification of the request? Well, so again under personal care home the idea is that uh it is falls under our home occupation ordinance, right? And so um for these types of uses the residents of the property, right? So the family residing in the property are the employees of the business, right? So hiring somebody to come in as an employee that would be coming in day in and day out would not be the expectation under the code. Thank you so much.

I'd like to speak back with the applicant. Um can you kind of give me a picture of the role that the CNA would would play? Like why what would be the reasons and why you're having the CNA come in? And then also you having a registered nurse who's employed um what her role is. And lastly, speaking of roles and persons roles, you stated that you are the one that's residing in this home. Um, and will you be having female clients or residents? No. Um, mainly I don't um I've not a thought because my my not given that a thought. Could you could you talk into the mic? Okay. Sorry.

Thank you. Now first um let me clarify on the the nurse itself okay is a requirement uh once in a while when you need a nurse to come and see whether things are things is supervisory is not something that every day it's come to make sure that people that are there are be taken care of is a is a quality assurance uh to to make sure quality the people are not neglect related there's no abuse that the caregiver is providing uh the services as as required. Mhm.

Also when we talk about a CNA that is actually what we use to talk about personal a caregiver personal care associate must not be just like a CNA because CNAs also work as personal care assistants during during the day. We're not going to have two or three during the day. One has to come in to be to be there as well because we're having four two uh three to four residents. They have to be taken care of. So that is the purpose of uh probably I use CNA uh it might be a wrong verbage that I used but I used it because that's what we used to refer to personal care associates and and okay caregivers. Yeah.

I'm sorry. Are you finished? My apologies for interrupting. Um, and can you tell me what if any what training you have taken for yourself to be there in the home with persons, right? Um, that clearly are there because they're either elderly or needing assistance to whatever fact the resident is. Can you tell me what type of training you yourself since you won't have someone there 24 hours a day that we talked about that you just clarified, can you tell me what training you have to assist these individuals that are there? I've been in care. I've been in care business for close to since 2009. Okay. Yeah. Mhm. So, what training have you had?

Yeah. Um, one I um we've did uh what trainings not necessarily I have I don't have a CNA but I've I've done I've taken trainings on personal care associates certifications and so on. Mh. And then uh my daughter also is is going to be a nurse in a probably in less than one year as well and I own the property with my daughter. Okay. Thank you so much. I have no further questions. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. I have a question. One question. Are you certified in CPR? Yes. Okay. All right.

I just have uh one one question. Um, have you had a chance to talk to your neighbors about what you're in the process of doing? Um, yes I Yes, I did. Okay. Just they no concerns from them? No. Okay. All right. No further questions. Any any more questions? Um, Madam Chair, I yield for to you for questions from the board. All right. Thank you so much, Vice Chair. Um, board of commissioners, we have any questions for the applicant and staff? I have I have a just one or two one or two questions here. So Mr. Floyd, correct? Floyd. Yeah, Lloyd or Lloyd? Yes.

Lloyd. Okay. I think I got Floyd out of Lloyd. Okay. So So Okay. So you say you since 2009. Yes. You've actually been in this business. Yes. Correct. Correct. And you CPR trained. Correct. It's a given. Yes. It's a given. Yes, correct. That you are. Yes, correct. Okay. Okay. Okay. And so you got you got possibly five bedrooms here and you will be on the premises, I guess, 24/7 cuz you will live there. You living on the premises. This is your home. This is your your your personal home. Correct. Yes. Correct. Yes.

Because I think under the ordinance that you've got to live there. I just want to make sure that you fully understand that side of it. Correct. Yes, correct. That you are going to be living there. Correct. Doing this. And and again, I think it was asked, would this be more of a male or female or both shelter personal care home or both or just one or the other or what's what's your plan on that? Yeah, personally initially we're looking at uh uh all male personal care home. Okay. Mhm. Got

that's that's your initial plans, but you don't How how what's going to determine that? You going to do male or female or both? I It's not me. I'm just I'm just curious to know. Yeah. Am I Am I clear? Yes. Yeah. Yes, you're clear. Am I

So the intent is to serve only male clients at this time. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Got Because per DBHD guidelines, we cannot mix both sex. Correct. So, it's a male personal care home. Got you. Okay. And you said three to four potential clients at any given time. That that'll free up one room for you if you got five bedrooms. Yes. Correct. And and and staff, can can you guys assist me with it telling me exactly? I know Midway and I'm trying to find in my head exactly where this property is located. Is that helpful for you? Yeah. Kind of where I can. Yeah. Okay. Sure. Yeah.

When you're coming up in Hickory Midway at the gas station. Got it. Like the second house on the right. Got it. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. At the church up there. Yeah. Got it. Okay. All righty. Um, thank you. I think that's all I've got. Uh, hang on a second here. And I guess that because these individuals will live on the premises, correct? There's no I mean far as cars and traffic and all that good stuff. Safety is our number one. Can you talk at the at the microphone? Safety is our number one concern. Right. Right. Right. Right. But I guess just trying to make sure that if you got four individuals, would there be potentially four additional cars on top of your cars?

No. Um the way the personal care home is said the nurses if there's any need for a nurse to come out per the guidelines of DBH the nurses only come out to assess once in 3 months. Got it. Got it. Just once in 3 months. So the nurse comes out once in 3 months. If there's a client that need additional nursing services, it has to be approved by the state. Got it. So, but at this point, the clients that we looking at, they are not medically fragile.

Got it. Got it. Okay. Okay. And one last thing for staff, too, though. Um, I just lost my thought. I had one other question about from staff, but I I'm sorry. I just lost my train of thought. So, thank you. I'll yield back. Okay. You have the floor, vice chair.

Okay. This to the advocate. So you you're stating that it has five bedrooms, but down in the basement that one room is so small. How are you clarifying that as a bedroom? That was that's basically like a storage room. I've been that house. The only reason I'm asking is not small. Okay. Which is that going to is that going to be a separate living area for someone downstairs or is that where you're going to live? Because I know it's got the full kitchen and the bath downstairs, but is that where you're going to be? Yeah, there's no full kitchen there. Okay. Yeah, there's no full kitchen unless somebody's torn it out. Okay. All right. Then upstairs. Yeah.

You have the one bedroom that leads out to the front porch. So, it's got its own exit there that leads to the front porch. There's no front porch. There's a front porch. No, there's no front porch. What we have is a garage. It it Yes. But it comes around on the front. Yeah. No, what we have is a garage. Yeah. And there's a door that goes in the kitchen. Okay. Yeah. There's no front porch here. Okay. Yeah. I was just trying to get an understanding because I know that there's things in inside there, you know, that obviously would have to be modified or remodeled to be able to call

it a true, you know, bedroom downstairs. And you know, I know the stairs needs a handrail going up from the basement and all that good safety issue stuff, which is doesn't matter to us. That'll be someone else inspecting. But I was just trying to figure out where you're getting the fifth bedroom from because unless you have like a child's bed in there, that that room's small. No, from uh when we got in there, the room is is not small. though there is this other part there's a huge uncomp

the area he's trying to talk about is what we plan to make like a common room a sensory area for the clients for if they have want to have like their downtime they have the right to go down there and take a phone call because it's their home we just sure there to assist them with the assistance of daily living okay no further I'll yield back Okay. Thank you. I did. I thought about it. Okay. Commissioner had a moment. Thank you so much. And staff, were there there was only findings or were there also some conditions if by chance this were approved or anything? Were there any or just findings? Okay.

Got it. That's what I thought. Okay. I yield back now, Madam Chair. Okay. Thank you. If there are no further questions, I yield the floor back to you, uh, vice chair. Planning and zoning board. You have heard the presentation and discussions concerning this matter. Do I have a motion from the board or Curry? I make a motion to approve special use permit to allow a residential care facility located at 4130 Midway Road. Is there agenda? Hold on. Agenda uh S20 26-23. Is there a second? Second.

Second. Okay. Um, now we have we have vote on this matter. Uh, will you please raise your hands? Uh, in favor. We have an anonymous vote. Got to ask all oppose. See see who's opposed. Who's opposed? Okay. So, there's a three and one opposed. Uh the the motion carries. Okay. All right. Madam Chair. All right. Thank you so much. For the commissioners, you've heard all the questions and answers. Do we have a motion to do we have a motion?

Yes, madam chair. I'd like to make a motion to approve item S2026-23 and again in the form of a motion for approval. Okay. Do we have a second? Do we have a second? Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion board? We have a motion and a second. All in favor of the approval, please indicate by raising right hand. Okay, we have a 50 unanimous vote and the motion carries to approve uh this first line home care and medical inc. Thank you. I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Pay. Good luck. Thank you. Good luck.

Thank you so much. Agenda item S 2026-25. The applicant is requesting a special use permit to allow short-term rental at 6295 Hill Pine Drive, Douglasville, 30135. The lot size is just a bit under half an acre in Commission District 3. The parcel includes a 1,696 ft single family detached dwelling unit with three bedrooms. The residence was built in 1971 within the Wedgewood subdivision. The applicant is proposing to utilize the existing the existing single family h home as a short-term rental. Here are the relevant code sections. The proposed special use does not change the principal use of the property as a single family residential structure. The applicant does not propose to make additional changes to the interior or exterior to accommodate the special use. Here are the special use criteria analysis. Here's the zoning map. Here's a site aerial. Staff is recommending approval based on the following findings. The proposed special use permit would not modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan. The proposed special use permit would not adversely affect the public health, safety, and welfare. Thank you. I'm now going to open the public hearing. Anyone in favor, including the applicant or the representative wishing to speak in favor of this application, please uh approach the podium, state your name and address for the record, then make uh any comment that you would like. We will have two minutes per person for a total of 15 minutes.

Anyone in favor? Is the applicant here? Please approach. Is the applicant here? Yeah.

Good evening. Could you please state your name and and address? Yes, my name is Joned Roas and the address is 6295 Hill Pan Drive, Duplasville. Okay. Do you have anything to say in favor of Well, I uh would like, you know, if uh you guys give me the opportunity to do this property into a short-term rental. I'm sorry. I'm so nervous. I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say. All right. If that's it, then uh you you can have a seat. Okay. Thank you.

Is there anyone else that would like to speak in favor? If there's no one else uh to speak in favor, uh is there anyone uh to speak in opposition? You have two minutes and uh and 15. It ain't going to take that long. Okay. Could you could you give us your name and address?

Yes. My name is Cindy Brock. I live at 6256 Hill Pine Drive and we're just trying to the neighbors has spoken. We're just trying to find out if it's going to be for the uh upcoming games that the soccer games that's coming. Yeah. And if she's going to rent the house to one person or how long is it going to be if it's going to be separate rooms because the traffic there kind of they live on a hill. Mhm.

So, normally they they already do it now. There's three cars always sitting on the road and they have two driveways. You cannot see if you're coming towards their house. You can't see over the hill. And we're concerned about the traffic because it's always taking a chance going up the hill or coming down the hill. So, we would just like to know if that's going to be a short rental for one the house for one person or they're going to rent out rooms. Okay. Thank you.

All right. Thank you. Is there anyone else to speak in opposition? If not, we'll close the hearing. Uh questions from the board. Can the applicant please come up again?

So you uh have a couple of questions. Um sure and I guess the neighbor brought it up so I can kind of help her out. Uh the how many people are going to be staying there? Is this going to be Airbnb, VBO? How is this property going to be utilized with this uh special use permit? Do you want to speak? She need Okay. Um hi. Yes. My name is Alandre. Um I am her daughter. Okay. And the home will be an Airbnb and the house has three bedrooms. It will be capped at six guests max. And our strict rule book forbids any parties or like huge events as well.

Okay. So, um I know she addressed about parking. So, you saying how many guests are you going to allow at a time? It's capped at six guests because there's only sorry, there's only two guests allowed in each bedroom according to Airbnb rules. So, there won't be any huge parties and also parties are prohibited um within our handbook. Okay. That we will have. Uh-huh. So, just by looking at the aerial shot of the picture, so you're going to say max of three cars at least, maybe four. Yes. So, how many cars can your driveway hold?

Um, we we have uh two uh two parking spaces, one on the right and one on the left. And in the right it fits like four cars and on the left the same amount of cars. Yes, it's one car on the street right now because the guy who lives over there, you know, it the car was broke and he has he's he said he need a little time to fix a car. That's why he parked on the on the side. That's why the car is on on the street. But yes, I gonna address that too. Okay. What type of uh security are you going to have for that facility basing basing on lighting or any type of um security so you can see basically on the outside basically?

Yes, we'll have um a smart lock system and exterior security cameras and we already have exterior lights um automatic lights, solar lights on the outside of the property. Okay. Okay. And we have green camera that if when someone's arrives is really pops up the light. So okay we have enough I have no further question. Um it's Melissa F. I have a couple questions for the applicant. Um so there was I just want to get some clarification understand. So you currently reside at this home. This is your permanent home and you are wanting to with you all residing there. How many persons in your immediate family reside in this home? Three.

Three. So you are wanting to extend it to an additional six more. So nine persons possibly altogether because you said your max was six. Yeah, I have the basement. The basement is, you know, is it's three bedrooms, one bath, kitchen, you know. I I planning to stay on the basement. So I going to rent on the top that is, you know, I mean, we do not going to bother nobody, you know, and nobody is going to bother us, too. I see. Yeah. And so you have you said you said three persons living there yourself and yes two kids and I

and how many vehicles do you have currently without having any guests? Like how many and you utilize one driveway for that and you going to use the second driveway for your guests? Yeah. Is that correct? Yes. Okay. I have no further questions. Thank you. I have one question. Uh will there be separate entrance? Will they have own their own entrance? Yes. It's different into the property. Mhm. Okay. Okay. Any further questions? No. Okay. Madam Chair, y'all back to you. Okay. Thank you so much, Vice Chair Payne. Any questions? Board? Yes. Commissioner Raxton, you have the floor.

All right. Thank you for the applicant. Good afternoon. Um, so I just want to get a better understanding. You said that there's a car that's currently on the street now that's parked on the street. Does that car belong to you, your family, me? I'm I'm trying to get to understand because cars should not be parked on the street more than 24 hours.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I have a you know, someone is using the basement right now. I rent to one person on the basement. So, uh he's going to stay for one month and his lease is going to end. But yeah, he has a car over there that is is not uh working right now. But he asked me to for a little time to repair because I mentioned that to I say I don't want that car to be in front of the property and he said just give me a little bit and I I'll fix it and I want to remove it. Yeah.

Okay. So, let me just ask Allison just for clarification just again on parking requirements. It is my understanding that in the unincorporated part of the county that no vehicle should be parked on the street over 24 hours. Is that correct? Yes, sir. That is correct. Um if this complaint were to be received through code enforcement, it would be investigated and if it was found that the car was um disabled or otherwise not able to run um and was parked on the street, then all citations would be issued um as appropriate if that was determined to be the case.

Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. All right. So, that's a concern. we have car parked there illegally. That's not working. So, that needs to be um addressed. And then secondly, hearing from the neighbor, there is cars that I guess when cars are parked on the street based on where you live on the hill there is hard to see. Now, so if we have six individuals that will be there, to me that um necessitates probably more than one vehicle, so potentially multiple vehicles parked on the street, which could impair safety on the street there. So, can you help me to understand that a little bit better? How would that be handled? Can you rephrase the last part of the question?

Yes. Yes. So, how many cars will you allow? If you have six individuals that you're allowing as a maximum and six individuals, you know, primarily cannot fit in one vehicle, how many vehicles, if there's currently a problem now with safety and um sight for those coming around and moving past your home? Well, we can require that the all cars that come to the home um to park in the driveway since there is sufficient space and the only reason that car is on the road is because of a leaking an oil leaking problem and um the driveways were recently made and that is the only reason why the car is parked on the side of the road. Okay. Mhm.

All right. So, um, when the guests are there, are you also planning to stay there or are you going to not be there when the guests are there? Well, I'm planning to live in the property. I want to live with my two kids. Mhm. My little ones, not her, my little ones. It's only my my two kids and I in the basement. And uh we planning to do the Airbnb on the top. Okay. So, you're saying you will be there 24/7? I'll be there. Yeah. even when the um upstairs is rented out. Yes, sir.

Okay. And for the rental, are you looking to do this as part of a special event like that was asked by um your neighbor for the World Cup or is it just in you know? No, not really for for what is coming for the event, but I really want to do this because I I I I really want to do it not for right now that before too, you know, cuz I'm especially I'm a single mom and I trying to always, you know, get a little more extra earnings for from me, for me, for my kids and for my family. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, I am concerned about six individuals and you said one bath, correct? three bedrooms, one bath. Is that correct?

And and and the top is really four bedrooms because they use they you they when I purchase a property, they use the garage uh as they they made the garage as a as a bedroom. So it's it is four bedrooms and two bedrooms over there on the top. Okay. So are there four So are there beds in each one of those four rooms now? I'm sorry. Can you repeat? Are there beds in those four rooms now up top that you mentioned in the four bedrooms? There beds in there now? Yeah. So, they're already utilized as bedrooms. Is that what I'm understanding? Yes. Mhm. Okay. And how many baths? Uh, two. Okay. Up top. Two full bedroom. Yeah.

Okay. All right. And then um just get give me an idea what percentage of the time you looking to utilize this as a short-term rental. How often and how frequently are you looking to util to do this? Is this like a once a month, once every other weekend? I'm just trying to get ideal the sense of Yes, we were trying to um use it the property frequently on a monthly basis. So, more than once a month. About more than once a month. Okay.

Okay. Well, I am concerned again about the six individuals even though it does have four bedrooms. Um, is there any flexibility in the maximum number that you're looking to have there, especially if you're going to have yourself and small children in your house at the same time? Um, what do you mean by flexibility? Like, is there going to be more than six guests? No. Or less? Would you be, you know, I know you said a maximum is six, but again, I'm thinking about safety. 1 2 3 4 5 six. So maybe consider four or so as a max or five just

Well, usually um some guests from our experience don't always use all the um four bedrooms. You know, sometimes they leave bedrooms empty as well. And from our knowledge, there's always only one car that arrives. Nine times out of 10, we've only maximum seen like two cars arrived. Um and that's from our personal experience. All right, madam chair, I yield the floor. Okay, any other questions for All right, I yield the floor back to you, U, Vice Chair Pay.

All right. Um, do I have a a motion? M may I ask a question just to make sure about um am I permitted at this point to ask the staff a question or is that opportunity closed just to get a clarification on something really quickly? Again I'm I'm happy to since there's no motion on the floor if there's an additional question I'm happy to answer that or you can make a motion and then as a part of discussion we can provide clarification however you want to. So I may now say I'd like to speak to staff. Uh sure go ahead. I would like to speak to staff.

Okay. Sure. Perfect. Um so um may I get clarification on this? Is this something um I in the conversation of the the client here they had mentioned that in their past experience. So meaning it tells me that they have already been utilizing this um property for that. So for them to be able to have that reference of in the past. Um so is that in fact correct? Is this a an occasion where it has been seen that they were utilizing this as a Airbnb and then now asking for permission?

So, two two thoughts on that. The first is I'm not sure. We can check our uh software monitoring platform. I don't this one doesn't strike me as one that came to us through code enforcement. This is one that I think that voluntarily um came forward. Uh but again, I can double check that and see because we have the the third party monitoring that does all the short-term rental tracking, right? And so we can see if it's been flagged for having uh short-term rentals without a permit. That being said, if it has in fact been flagged for short-term rentals without a permit, um and we actually pulled that data today and I know there's 115 listings right now um in Douglas County that we are following up on actively. Um the first step would be to come into compliance. So if in fact they had been using it without the correct entitlements, the first step would be to get them to come to y'all to see if you're wanting to get it entitled.

Okay. Um so so um is it appropriate to establish with uh the applicant whether or not that's something that's ongoing or something that they are just wanting to create from fresh?

So if if if the board were inclined to approve um the request for a short-term rental um we would we would basically monitor it from here on out. Make sure they get their business license. It would go into our database um as a legal rental. If the board is inclined to deny um we would continue to monitor and track and see uh particularly at that one year mark if they have come into compliance. Right? So that would be making sure that there is no active listing on the property um and things like that. It kind of goes into a once something is in front of this board um and the board takes action on it. It goes into a little bit of a separate track for monitoring other than just kind of keeping an eye on the the the large pool of properties that we are currently monitoring through the short-term rental platform.

I understand. Thank you. I have no further questions. I'd like to ask the neighbors one more question. The neighbor is closed. It's closed. Yeah. Okay. BL and zoning board, you've heard the uh presentation and discussions concerning the matter. Do we have a motion? I would like to make a motion that we table this until the next meeting. When is the next meeting? It's going to be June 2nd and I think we would be looking for a motion to defer to June. Defer.

It would be to defer to June 2nd. Okay. Um if you were inclined to go that route. Okay. Well, I'll make a motion to defer to June the 2nd. Thank you. That's what the attorneys tell me. Okay. Do we have a second? I second. Okay. A motion has been made to defer uh until June the 3rd. Second. Second. Uh can I see a show of hands of approval?

It it is not unanimous. Looks like it is a 4-1. If you would like to call for anyone to vote in objection to the motion, um that would be appropriate. All oppose. All oppose. Okay. We have a four four to one and we'll motion carries. All right. Back over to you. Okay. Thank you so much. Uh Vice Chair Pay Board of Commissioners, you've heard all the questions and answers. Do we have a motion?

Madam Chair, yes. I'd like to make a motion to approve um S202625 with the following conditions. one that all cars will be parked in the driveway. Secondly, no more than two vehicles at any one time that's parked in the driveway. And third, no street parking allowed at all. Okay. Do we have a second? Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion, board? We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Commissioner Mitchell, you have the floor.

Yes. Just just so based on the conditions that added to this particular motion, shouldn't staff or anybody shouldn't we get these guys are they okay with doing that? So again, if you would like to confirm that they are okay with the conditions, um you can certainly do that. Again, the the desire to impose conditions is at the discretion of the board of commissioners. So if they say no, it may influence your vote, but um it would also not change whether or not they are subject to the conditions that you put in place. Got it. Okay. Well, no need to. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. I yield back. Okay.

So, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? We have a motion and a second. All in favor of the approval, please indicate by raising your right hand. All oppose? None. So, it is a five vote. unanimous vote and the motion carries with no opposition. Thank you. And I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne. Said following conditions with the following conditions. Okay.

Excuse me. Uh do just one more thing. You heard the conditions from the board. Yes, sir. Do you agree with those conditions? Yes, sir. I agree with that. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you.

Okay.

Okay. It's been brought to our attention that uh Z2026-28 has been withdrawn. Um should we vote on it? Is okay. I want to make sure. Sorry. I think that the next item is Z2026-26. Have I missed something on the agenda? No, it's one that needed to be removed and we didn't get it off earlier by a vote. Oh, it's just been withdrawn. Yeah.

So, there I don't believe you need to vote to amend the agenda. Is that what you're asking? Yeah, I I think there is no pending zoning um action on that item. It is just withdrawn completely. Uh and so there's no pending zoning action on that item. Okay. So, thank you. Ready for the next case? We can move on to the next. Yes. Is that Austin?

Good evening, Madam Chair, vice chair, and planning and zoning board. Our next agenda item is S2026-26. This is a special use permit request to allow auto, paint, and body repair at 2795 Lake Monroe Road. The lot is 0.76 acres and this is in commission district number two. There's currently a 286 foot non-residential structure built in the 1980s. Currently cited the property. There's an active occupational tax certificate for automotive repair and maintenance considered a non-conformity, a continuation of the previous use. That use has been ongoing since at least 2015. So, the applicants requesting the special use permit because they're proposing a 1,500 ft one-story 4 bay structure. And to expand the use, they would have to go before the board of commissioners for that additional approval. The properties within the highway corridor overlay. So there are additional architectural standards that have to meet notably 80% masonry, 20% either ephus or stucco or something to that effect. They would also be subject to additional landscaping standards to bring the property into compliance. We've taken a look at the relevant code sections. In 1986, it was reszoned to that commercial designation for the gutter company. So the continuation of the use, the expansion of the use, and I'll get to the site plan in just a second, that is what's bringing them before you, and the applicants are here to speak on that. site plan that we'll show. They've appeared before the development review committee as well with their site plan and they've updated their site plan to reflect all the comments from the development review committee as well. Additional comments may get uh brought up if they get into engineer drawings, but that'll be at a later date if approved. So, we've taken a look at the special use criteria. It's currently heavy commercial in the highway corridor overlay as well. the site area. You can kind of see the existing uh parking lot and the existing building. Staff's recommending approval of the special use permit based upon the following findings. Number one, the use will not adversely affect the public health, safety, or welfare. Number two, the use will not modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan. And

number three, the required improvements as a result of the expansion of the automotive repair maintenance constitute orderly develop development to bring the property closer into compliance. And that concludes my staff report. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Okay, I'm now going to open the public hearing. Um, if there's anyone in favor, including the applicant or the representative wishing to speak in favor of this application, please approach the podium. State your name and address for the record, then make any comments you would like. You have two minutes per person for a total of 15 minutes.

Good evening. My name is uh Hakee. I live at 2301 Carlton Parkway, Douglasville, GA30135. And uh I'm the applicant's uh husband requesting approval for the special use permit. I'm a local business. We are a local business owner with an established presence in Douglasville and I am seeking to expand our operation in a manner that is both responsible and uh consistent with the county's development standards. This proposed use is compatible with the surrounding area and represents a thoughtful investment in the in the continued growth of the community. The project is expected to contribute to positively to the local economy by supporting uh job creation, enhancing available services and maximizing the productive use of pro of the property. In preparation for this request, we have carefully evaluated potential impacts and including traffic site design and environmental considerations and I have taken appropriate steps to address each of these areas. I am committed to maintaining a high high standard of operation to working collaboratively with the county staff and surrounding community to ensure long-term success. I respectfully request your approval of the special use permit. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Okay. Anyone else in in favor come to the podium. I see no one else in favor. Uh is there anyone in opposition wishing to speak uh regarding this matter? If there's no one else in opposition, uh close the public public hearing for this matter. Um any questions from the from the board? No questions. Uh yield it to you, Madam Chair.

Okay. Thank you so much, Vice Chair Payne. Any questions for the commissioners? Commissioner Kenner Jones, you have the floor. No question really, just a statement. It's my understanding that this particular applicant has um really gone above and beyond with being responsive um to the planning and zoning department, being a good neighbor and a good steward of the community. So, I appreciate you coming um and making sure that your application is completely together and and truly understanding the business that you are trying to run to make sure that you're a good addition to our community. I appreciate that, Madam Chair. I yield back. Okay. Thank you so much, Commissioner Jones. Any other remarks for Thank you. All right. I'll yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne.

All right. Planning and zoning board. You have heard the presentation and discussion concerning this matter. Do we have a motion from the board? This is Melissa Pulk. I'd like to make a motion of approval for agenda item S2026-26 for special use permit to allow an auto body and paint repair of interior repair and maintenance located at 2795 Lake Mora Road, Douglasville 30135. Do I have a second or Curry second?

Okay, I have have a approval and a second. Uh now we'll go ahead and vote on approval. See the show of hands. It's a unanimous uh go over to you uh madam chair. Okay. Thank you so much vice uh chair Payne. Bo commissioners. You've heard all the questions and answers. Do we have a motion to approve? Madam chair. I make I mean a motion. I'm sorry. Madam chair, I make a motion to approve agenda item S2026-26. Okay, second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second on the floor. Any discussion, board? We have a motion and a second. Uh, all in favor, please indicate by raising right hand. We have a 50 unanimous vote and the motion carries for approval. I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne.

All right. Thank you. Agenda item S20 2026-27. The applicant is requesting a special use permit to allow a single family home on the amenities lot located at 5289 Bicklberry Way. The lot size is approximately 2 acres in commission district 1. The subject parcel is2 acres. The lot is within the Autumn Glenn subdivision which contains a total of 124 lots. The subject parcel includes a carport. The applicant is proposing the use to use the subject property, excuse me. The applicant is proposing to use the subject property for a single family home rather than a community amenity or common area lot. Here's the relevant code section. The subject parcel is the designated amenities lot for the Autumn Glenn subdivision. The applicant is requesting an exemption for the required amenity to construct a single family home on the subject parcel. The subject parcel is adjacent adjacent to Highway 92. The widening of the rideway along Highway 92 has reduced the size of the subject parcel from 35 acres to 2 acres. Here's a special use criteria analysis. Here's a zoning map. Here's a site aerial. Staff recommends approval of the special use permit based on the following findings. The proposed special use permit will not modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan. The proposed special use permit will not adversely affect the public health, safety, or welfare. Thank you. I'm going to now open up the public

hearing. Anyone in favor uh including the applicant representative wishing to speak uh through this uh please approach the podium. State your name and address uh for the record. Then make any comments you would like. Uh you will have two minutes per person for a total of 15 minutes. All in favor? I'm not really sure. I am obviously not J. Franklin Lee. I'm Patricia Booker and he sent me here. I'm his office manager. And he just said I needed to stand up whenever you tell me all of those.

Before you get started, could you give us your name and your address, please? My name is Patricia Booker. 4584 Crescent Lane, Douglasville, Georgia 30135. Thank you.

Anyways, that's the first time he sent me for something like that. So, I've been with him for 23 years and this other lady read everything off so nicely. So, I guess everybody knows everything. I just wanted to say he built the subdivision actually years ago before my time as well as many others. And uh I had one of the neighbors our offices there too come up and said and why do you want to build here? And I said because we need another pretty house. And that's all I really have to say. And I'm pretty sure some of you are familiar with Southern Comfort and Franklin Lee. So if it whatever it's worth it, I'm in favor of it. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak in favor? If so, would you please approach the podium? If no one is coming, uh are there anyone in opposition of this application? Please, please the podium. Give us come up. Give us your name and address. And you have two minutes.

Um, my name is Tara Moore. I live at 1194 Pleasant Oaklane. I am adjacent to the property that he wants to build the um house on. Now, with that lot, I don't know how he's going to build a house on there, but um the Let me see. Hold on. Trying to get the address. 52.89. It runs the runoff goes into my on my lot right now. I have like on his property he has trees because of this runoff. Those trees are ascending and some trees are leaning. He hasn't taken care of that. So this property that he's want he wants to build on it has is concrete. Now we it's up and we are more down. My ne me and my neighbor are concerned about the runoff from this property because it's the the runoff it it's like it's more water coming onto my property and I'm just trying we're trying to see is it going to like like more more water coming onto our property when he takes this um the concrete up and then have like um you know grass and land there. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Go ahead. Huh? Just go ahead. No, that's what that's that's that's my concern. That's our concern. Okay. Because right now it's just concrete. The lot is is all concrete. He's going to have to take that conc We're wondering is he going to take that concrete up and then have grass and where is this runoff going to go? because I already have runoff coming from 5289 of his property. Okay. Uh your time is up. Uh thank you question.

All right. The public hear is now closed. Uh is there anybody else? Any more uh anyone else in opposition? Okay. Thank you. Uh questions from the board. Yeah. Close the public hearing now. Happy to take any questions from the board. I also wanted to address the concerns about the erosion and the runoff, but if there's questions first, I will certainly yield to questions. So yes sir, Mr. We talked earlier and you said they had not asked for a variance, right?

At this point, no variance application has been filed. Um so again, should you approve the request for this to be used as a single family lot, it will have to meet all the minimum dimensional requirements of the unified development code. So that's going to be a minimum 1,800 foot house and then all of the residential medium density setbacks unless we look at the plat and there was something different specified um on that plat. But otherwise, they will have to meet all of that. If they cannot for some reason, they will come back for a variance planning and zoning board. Are you going to explain to the neighbor that the bill is required to take care of his own water?

Uh I'm sure you could do the a better job than I could at that. But yes, um to address that concern, you know, should this have to uh should this be approved tonight, then it will come back for a building permit as a part of that building permit um process. it will have to go through all of the appropriate reviews. That's going to include the engineering uh department to sign off to make sure that they're meeting all of the best practice um you know in regard to the site design. So, so any of the current issues with storm water will be addressed at the time of the building permit. I can also relay the concerns to our county engineer who is otherwise not able to be here tonight. Um and he can send one of our development inspectors out there to go ahead and check um upfront to make sure that uh there's if there are runoff issues that they're being appropriately addressed. So, Any more questions from the board? If not, uh, Madam Chair, we yield back to you.

Okay. Any questions? Board Commissioner Mitchell, you have the floor. I guess I I'll this for probably for staff. So, if I heard you correctly, if I heard you correctly that um if by chance this was approved, the builder will go through all the building permits and all of that to assure that if an additional house is there, uh the the the the landscape wouldn't create a problem for the next homeowner or or the one across the street or anything of that caliber. Correct. So they will need to apply for a building permit which will be reviewed by several departments for impacts.

And what are the chances are? And will will the build if if built would that mean that they would say within the the same framework or the the makeup and the look of the existing houses cuz that subdivision been around for a minute now. So that's a better question for Allison.

Yeah, sure. No, under uh under Thank you for that question. Um, under article uh, excuse me, appendix A of the unified development code, we do have minimum required architectural standards. But one of the things that we do spell out in those architectural standards is they need to take into consideration the character of the existing neighborhood. So, we had not previously until we adopted appendix of the code have the ability to require that. Um but we will now have them go through that same level of architectural review that we put every other project through and make sure that they are substantially conforming to um what is already there in addition to meeting the minimum standards of our code. So but thank you for that question because I'm always glad to um identify that we are trying to make sure that we meet the expectations of the community in regard to architectural design

and that's where that pool was I think it was or

Yes sir. Previously there was a clubhouse and a swimming pool. um when this was Let me see if I can get back to a picture. So, if you can imagine, if you see how that um I'm going to call it Easter property line sort of slants up to the northwest that used to be bumped out a little bit more into the ride ofway of Highway 92. Um when they widened the road, the clubhouse and the swimming pool was taken out. So, essentially the concrete pad that you see there is just the remnant of the parking lot um at the that was built at the time. Um, and so for the sake of complete transparency before just kind of administratively saying, well, let's kind of get rid of what was the amenity to the community, we wanted to make sure that we were putting it out there so that the community would know that there was a change contemplated in the neighborhood that would take away that community amenity and permanently change it to a different use. And I guess um what's the average uh I mean not the average house size, but what's the average acreage in that that subdivision per house I guess?

Sure. I don't know if I know what the average is for that subdivision in particular. I can say in the residential medium density zoning, which is what that is, the minimum lot size is 10,000 square feet. Um so 210 of an acre. Um this would be roughly aligned with what that minimum lot size is. We also have a consideration underneath the unified development code in article one that if a lot is reduced um below what the minimum acreage would be for the zoning category by uh you know right ofway acquisition or some other acquisition for a public purpose we still allow that to be considered a buildable lot um and so it can be used for whatever purpose is permitted by right under the code. So in this case in the residential medium district um a single family home is a permitted use by right.

Okay. Okay. All righty. That's interesting. And I know the Highway 92 bypass kind of took up the the greater portion of that particular piece of property. And I I I get it now though. And I guess the builder Oh, is there an HOA on in that subdivision though? So if there is an HOA um and I would defer to the to the applicant's representative, but the So there's not an HOA. Um even at the age of the H of the community, any HOA if not properly renewed, probably the covenants would be deemed uninforceable. Understood. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Alison. I yield back. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Mitchell. Any other questions for I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne?

Planning is zoning board. You have heard the presentation and discussion concerning this matter. Uh do I have a motion from the board? Port Curry make a motion on Z I mean S2026-27 uh request to approve a special use permit to allow a single family home uh on the men's lot located at 5289 Brickle Berry Way in Douglas in Douglasville. Melissa Pulk I second.

Okay, we have a motion to approve and and a second. Uh, now we'll vote on this. Uh, all in favor, please raise your hand. All oppose. I think we have a a unan unanimous vote. And the motion and the motion carries. All right. Thank you so much. Um, Vice Chair Pay, board of commissioners, you've heard all the questions and answers. Do we have a motion? Yes, madam chair. I'd like to make a motion to approve uh item S2026-27 in the form of a motion to approve. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Board. We have a motion and a second. All in favor, please indicate by raising your right hand. We have a 50 unanimous voting. The motion carries with no opposition. And I give the floor back to you, uh, Vice Chair Payne. Okay. Thank you. Next uh agenda item.

Yes sir. So agenda item Z 20226-28. The item has been withdrawn. There's no pending zoning application for 4333 post road. But our next agenda item is Z2026-29 and S2026-30. This is a request for a reszoning from heavy commercial to light industrial and a special use permit to allow truck parking as a principal use at 13301 Veterans Memorial Highway. The lot is 4.61 61 acres and this is in commission district number four. Property is currently vacant, mostly wooded. It used to be a home site, but the home has been since demolished. U the applicant's proposing 72 gravel parking spaces, and we'll see the site plan in just one second. We taking a look at the relevant code sections. In 1986, this property was reszoned to the heavy commercial designation. Um the proposed resoning represents a deviation from the long range planning documents whereby the industrially zoned pro parcels of Winston area at large are meant to be concentrated in well- definfined footprints. So this deviates from those well- definfined footprints as they exist currently and we don't currently exist the expansion to this area. So the comprehensive plan doesn't export support the expansion of industrially owned property outside of those footprints. The proposed use would require the reasonzoning to alli to support the use. However, there's not been a demonstrated hardship as to why the property can't be developed. It's currently zoned. We've taken a look at the zoning criteria and the special use criteria. It's currently heavy commercial and it's currently wooded, mostly wooded and vacant. The site plan, the applicant's proposing 72 gravel parking spaces and the bottom left is the detention pond, not a structure. The applicant has provided this supplement which he can speak to when he comes up to speak to you all. Staff is recommending denial of the resoning request based upon the following findings. Number one, the reasoning would modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan in so far as the Winston small area plan does not anticipate the expansion of industrial oriented uses outside of defined footprints. Number two, the reasonzoning would adversely affect the public health, safety, or welfare.

Staff's recommending denial of the special use permit based upon the following findings. Number one, the special use would modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the comprehensive plan. Number two, the special use would modify the intent, purpose, or spirit of the unified development code. And number three, the special use would adversely affect the public health, safety, and welfare. And that concludes my presentation. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you.

All right. We will now open up the uh public hearing uh for the reasonzoning uh Z20 26-29. Anyone including the applicant or the representative wishing to speak in favor of this application, please approach the podium. State your name and address for the for the record. then make your comments. You have two minutes uh per person and 15 minutes total.

All right. My name is Marcus Arseno uh 1741 Silverway uh Lithia Springs, Douglasville County. I spoke with several individuals in the area and the need for truck parking is needed. As far as traffic is concerned, the owner operators in the area already traveled in area to go to the residents. So there wouldn't be an increase in any traffic in the area. Individuals in the area used to park at 1533 Mintosh Road and 7551 Burch Memorial, but the facilities were sold to major companies not allowing operators in the area to obtain parking. Parking will be available to new lease, RVs, boats, sprinter vans, trailers, and commercial trucks. This is keeping in line with Douglas via planning code to maintain the character of residential parking. The use of trailers and RV boats and recreational equipment would not be used often. So, back to traffic, it would not add to it. The reason I added commercial trucks is because we have uh 14 1,43 trucking companies in Douglasville, Georgia owned by individuals. For example, Ultra Distance Trucking LLC. They have True Trucks, Cash Express LLC, three trucks, and there are so many more small business uh own operators like this. These truck drivers are our neighbors, friends, and family members. With the price of diesel skyrocketing, why make them drive an extra 37 miles to find adequate parking? In closing, I'm offering the solution to the area for storage of variety of vehicles as mentioned earlier and also our local own operators, truck drivers. There will be no hourly, daily, weekly parking at this facility. It is just for community members who need parking for their trucks, RVs, boats, trailers, etc. And I also want to add that uh right next to the property, the street right

next to my property is a junkyard. Right next to the property is called Cochran Industrial. Right down the street from my property is called Winston Industrial. And the property across the street for sale, the land, the lot across the street for sale is zoned industrial. The land next to me is industrial. Time is up. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Thank you. Is there anyone else to speak in favor? Please approach the podium. You have two minutes. Uh yes. My name is Derek Houston. Um the ex-president of uh and I live at 1749 Silver Way, Lithia Springs, Georgia. I'm the ex-president of the Silver Creek Ranch subdivision. I'm also a neighbor of his and I've met Mr. Marcus uh Arsenal. And when he explained to me about the parking lot that he's trying that he's proposing, I need that service as well. I also have a trailer that I would love to be able to park on a monthly basis. I'm actually parking that in someone else's farm or backyard paying paying rent there. Um I think it's necessary. Uh there's nothing like that in the general vicinity of let's say five miles or so from where we live. Uh I think it's a great idea. I think it should be supported by the uh commission and I'm here to support Mr. Marcus in his endeavor.

Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone else uh to speak in favor? If there's no one else uh to speak in favor, is it anyone to speak in the opposition? You may state your name and your address. You have two minutes. Uh 15 minute total. Thank you. Good evening, Vice Chair, Commissioner. Um Madame Chair and others. Um yeah, I was under the impression that name and address. Oh, I'm sorry. Sabina Kelly, Box 536 Winston. Thank you.

Um, not far from where they're working. Um, I was under the impression that the commissioners had hired a company to figure out what to do with all our big rigs and 18-wheelers or whatever all you want to call these people to kind of get them to slow down in Douglas County. They need to be on I20 and not on Veterans Memorial and not on our back roads and not on Highway 166. They need to stay on I20. We just have a brand new humongous facility for those all those trucks on Liberty Road. They do not need to come down into Winston and park and cause trouble with their speeding and their accidents and everything else that we're having trouble with. And I really would like these company to figure out um in Atlanta we have OCGA4-6-51. There are no big trucks that can go through Atlanta. I'd appreciate it if Douglas County could also have the same rule in Douglas County so that they stay on I20. They're trying to avoid the transfer stations and to just they need to stay off our back roads. My other concern is that um I understand now that they also want to put the um boats and RVs and everything else there. In Winston, we all have major property. In our subdivision alone, there's three homes that have RVs parked in the in the subdivision. They're allowed. So, for people to have to have a vacant lot to put all their stuff in is not needed in Winston. And also the Thank you. I'll cut it off there.

Appreciate y'all. Y'all have a blessed evening. Okay. Is there anyone else in opposition? If there's no one else, uh we'll go ahead and close the public hearing and uh uh border planning and zoning. Do we have any questions for the applicants? We have no questions. So, uh, we'll throw it over to you, Madam Chair. Great. Thank you so much, Vice Chair Payne. Uh, board of commissioners, do we have any questions? Yes, madam chair. Okay, vice chair. This is going to be for staff.

Yes, sir. So, we previously denied this application before, have we not? Because it's right next to a residential home. Around six or seven months ago, the applicant came before y'all and it was denied at that time. Yes, sir. But there's a there's a residential home right beside where we're wanting to put truck parking. Yes, sir. The yellow as indicated on the zoning map, that would be the residential. Okay. And if we approve this, even though the applicant is stating about boats and RVs and so forth, once we approve this for truck parking, it can be all truck parking, 72 spots, correct?

Yes, sir. that'd be the case unless it were conditioned to be a certain percentage, but that'd be a little odd to administer and enforcement would have to kick in if there was an infraction with those conditions. Okay, that's all the question I have by you back, Madam Chair. Okay, any other questions for Commissioner Mitchell? So, so you mentioned that we denied this, I don't know, some months ago. Yes, sir. and what's what's new coming before us that so this is the same site plan presented last time I believe the applicant has provided this supplement to show the existing uses around the property but besides that I believe the applicant is largely the same I mean the application is largely the same

okay okay just want to be clear you sir thank you okay oh yeah I okay thank you I yield back to you u vice chair Payne planning is on the board. You have heard the presentation and discussion concerning the matter. Do I have a motion from the board? This is Melissa Pulk. I make a motion to deny Z2026-29. Do I have a second?

Or Curry second. We have a motion to deny and a second. Uh can I see a show of hands uh for denial? It's a unanimous vote for denial. Uh madam chair. Okay. All right. And the motion carries. Motion carries for denial. Okay. Um for the commissioners, you've heard all the questions and answers. Do we have a motion? Yes, madam chair. I would like to make a motion to deny Z 2026-29. Do we have a second? Second.

We have a motion in a second. Any discussion board? We have a motion in a second. All in favor of a denial, please indicate by raising your right hand. We have a 50 unanimous vote and the motion carries uh for denial of Z2026-29. Okay. and I yield the floor back to you, Vice Chair Payne. All of the all of our items have been heard. Uh so we now adjourn. Do you have to we good? We don't have to do 22. Okay. Okay. Good.

Just a a point of clarification. Uh because the zoning failed, um the S2026-30 would be a moot consideration. That is not a use that would be allowed in the heavy commercial zoning district. So, we do not need a follow-up motion on S2026-30 uh per se because the zoning failed for Z2026-29. Okay. Thank you. All right. There you go. Okay. So, we now can can uh adjourn. I'll turn this back over to Mad Ch. Okay. Order commissioners. Do we have any other business to come before this body? If not, do we have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Second.

We have a motion and a second. Um we have a motion and a second. All in favor, please indicate by raising your right hand. We have a 50 unanimous vote and the motion carries to adjourn. Um, thank you all and good night. We can now journ.